Aircraft History |
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| 1967-09-29 | BV-107M, c/n 2352, ff? accepted BuWepsRep, Morton, PA as CH-46D 154001 29Sep67 xfer HMM-162 05Oct67 xfer HMM-264 28Feb69 xfer HMM-261 18Mar69 xfer HMMT-402 26Nov69 xfer HMM-265 26Jan70 xfer HMM-161 13Nov70 xfer NARF North Island 23Mar71 xfer NAS North Island A&T 10Apr71 xfer USS Tripoli (LPH-10) 23Jun71 xfer FAWPRA Atsugi 01Oct73 xfer NAS Cubi Point, PI 16Apr74 further unit xfer unk conv CH-46E unk unit xfers unk xfer HMM-165, YW-06, Oct07. HMM-161  | ||
| 1981-07-17 | Boeing-Vertol CH-46E 17jul81 | ||
| 1999-2002 as HMM-165 /YW-01. Fastest and smoothest plane we had HMM-165 | |||
| 2008 as HMM-165 /YW-06 15th MEU in Iraq HMM-165 | |||
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| 1971-10-01 | USS Tripoli (LPH-10) Westpac Deployment In 1971, the helo was assigned as the ship's helo, call sign Greenbug. As one of two crew chiefs and rescue swimmers assigned to the ship, we carried anything and everything that would fit inside or hang underneath this helo. This was the most reliable aircraft I ever worked with. We out flew every helo on the ship and was the Goto for getting any job done whether it was a mail run to Danang, VERTREPS and personnel transfers at sea, taking COMSEVENFLT ADM to wherever he needed to be, medivacs from small ships at night to combat rescue of downed pilot under fire. During monsoons in the Philippines in 1972 we flew food and supplies to villages that were cut off by the floods of over 100 inches of rain in three weeks. This helo never failed to get us to mission and back to the ship. Bill Thompson ADR-3 | ||
| 1979 | 1979-1981 flew this as Sideflare 62 in HC-11 Flew into CH-46E conversion at MCAS New River in Jan81 Smoothest H-46 I ever flew. Last of the metal spar blades, too. HC-11 | ||
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