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CH-53K conducted first over-the-horizon heavy lift and troop transport ship-to-shore ops

Posted on December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 by alert5

In a test over the Atlantic Ocean last month, the CH-53K conducted over-the-horizon heavy lift and troop transport ship-to-shore operations for the first time from USS Iwo Jima.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (November 20, 2021) A Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion attached to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) conducts a 27,000 lbs. light armored vehicle (LAV-25) drop during testing and evaluation operations onboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), November 20. The CH-53K is currently undergoing initial operational test and evaluation to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures of CH-53K utilization as the Marine Corps modernizes and prepares to respond globally to emerging crises or contingencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua D. Petrosino)

Watch JGSDF Apaches carrying out 30mm gunnery firing in U.S.

Posted on December 5, 2021 by alert5

Four AH-64Ds assigned to the 1st Battle Helicopter Unit, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, are in Yakima Training Center, Washington for a combined arms training exercise with units from the 7th Infantry Division as part of Exercise Rising Thunder 21.

F-15I crew lands jet with just one main wheel and nose wheel

Posted on December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 by alert5

A Israeli F-15I strike fighter had a technical malfunction during a training mission and the crew was forced to make an emergency landing using just one main wheel plus the nose wheel.

TSGT KEVIN J. GRUENWALD, USAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons