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The CH-53 helicopter has been a potent member of the U.S. Marine Corps aviation community’s fleet for over 40 years, but the newest version takes the platform to a whole new level.
The CH-53K has undergone extensive developmental testing that utilized the degraded visual environment (DVE) test course at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) for more than two years, most recently to verify software updates in the flight control software that have been made as a result of this testing.

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Black Hawk from 160th SOAR crashes, two killed

The U.S. military says a Black Hawk helicopter assigned to 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has crashed on San Clemente Island on Aug. 27. Two soldiers were killed and three injured.

A U.S. Army helicopter crew assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) makes final adjustments as they land an MH-60 helicopter on the drop zone April 16 at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., in support of Special Operations Command South in order to conduct a rotary-wing airborne operation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea, SOCSOUTH Public Affairs/ Released)

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