Del'd: 600 - 1962 to 2015

Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight
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US Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight

The USMC retired the Phrog (CH-46) from service in Aug 2015.

1962 : CH-46A, basic assault transport, 194 built; 33 conv to CH-46D.
          BuNos 150265-150278 : HRB-1
          BuNos 150933-150968 : HRB-1
          BuNos 151906-151961 : CH-46A
          BuNos 152496-152579 : CH-46A
1962 : UH-46A, utility/cargo variant for US Navy service
          BuNos 151902-151905
          BuNos 152490-152495
1965 : CH-46D, improved transport
          BuNos 153314-153403
          BuNos 153951-154044
          BuNos 154789-154844
1965 : HH-46D, CH-46D and HH-46A upgraded to improved Base SAR version. Known as 'Pedro.'
          BuNos 153404-153413 : UH-46D
          BuNos 153556-153558 : UH-46D
1968 : CH-46F, improved transport based on CH-46D with same engines, but advanced avionics
          BuNos 154845-154862
          BuNos 155301-155318
          BuNos 155319-155336 : cancelled, not built
1974 : HH-46A, SAR conversion of ~59 existing CH/UH-46A. Converted by NARF North Island & NARF Cherry Point for USN & USMC Base, Station, & Shipboard SAR use
1979 : CH-46E, upgrade conversion in lieu of procurement (CILOP) of existing CH-46A/D/F models to common CH-46E standard. Included new engines, fibreglass rotors and advanced avionics. Further upgraded in early 1990s under Survivability, Reliability, & Maintainability (SR&M) program. ~275 airframes completed.
2006 : HH-46E SAR conversion of CH-46E

Oct.2014 : HMM-364 retire last West Coast CH-46E
Oct.2015 : HMM-774 retire last East Coast CH-46E

USS New Orleans
CH-46s parked on bow of assault carrier USS New Orleans (LPH-11), June 1988 .

Marines Lebanon 1982
On USS Guam (LPH-9) underway off the coast of Lebanon, 1982.




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  Units


YearsUnitsBase
1986/10HMM-166MCAS Miramar
MCAS El Toro closed 1999
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
1984/14HMM-364 MCAS Camp Pendleton
MCAS Kaneohe Bay
1983/08HMM-266MCAS New River
1980/09HMM-365MCAS New River
1979/13HMM-268MCAS Camp Pendleton
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
1977/12HMM-265JP MCAS Futenma
MCAS Kaneohe Bay
1974/15VMR-1MCAS Cherry Point
1972/99HMT-204MCAS New River
1972/93HMT-301MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
1971/15HMM-774 NAS Norfolk
1971/13HMM-764Edwards AFB
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
MCAS El Toro closed 1999
1971/77HML-767NAS JRB New Orleans
1971/77HML-770NAS Whidbey Island - Ault Field
1968/11HMM-163MCAS Miramar
MCAS El Toro closed 1999
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
VN Phu Bai Air Base
1968/09HMM-264MCAS New River
1967/05HMM-162MCAS New River
1967/05HMM-263MCAS New River
MCAF Quantico / Turner Field
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
JP MCAS Futenma
1967/71HMM-365MCAS New River
1967/71HMM-364 MCAS El Toro closed 1999
1966/09HMM-161MCAS Miramar
MCAS El Toro closed 1999
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
MCAS New River
JP MCAS Futenma
MCAS Kaneohe Bay
1966/08HMM-261MCAS New River
1966/72HMHT-302MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
1965/15HMM-164 MCAS Camp Pendleton
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
JP MCAS Futenma
MCAS El Toro closed 1999
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
1965/13HMM-262JP MCAS Futenma
MCAS Kaneohe Bay
MCAS New River
1965/11HMM-165MCAS Miramar
MCAS El Toro closed 1999
MCAS Kaneohe Bay
JP MCAS Futenma
MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
1962/14HMX-1 MCAF Quantico / Turner Field
NSF Anacostia
1962/70HMM-265MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin closed 1999
VN Marble Mountain Airfield
MCAS New River








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