Boeing-Vertol CH-46A

C/N 2161

Built 1966





Helicopter Boeing-Vertol CH-46A Serial 2161 Register 152539 used by US Navy USN ,US Marine Corps USMC. Built 1966. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Boeing-Vertol CH-46A Serial 2161 Register 152539 used by US Navy USN ,US Marine Corps USMC. Built 1966. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History





152539

usa US Marine Corps

1966-06-15BV-107M, c/n 2161, ff?
del USMC 15Jun66 as CH-46A 152539
asgd Boeing FR Morton PA
xfer HMM-165 22Jun66
xfer HMM-164 06Jan68
xfer FAWPRA Atsugi 10Jan69
xfer HMM-165 29Nov69
xfer H&MS-36 COSA 24Aug70
xfer H&MS-36 29Sep70 HMM-164
1968 A VVDN as HMM-164 /YT-.. inserting 2nd Bn 5th Marines on a hilltop during Operation Taylor Common in Vietnam HMM-164


usa US Navy

xfer HC-3 24Feb71
xfer MARTD Lakehurst, HMM-768, 14Jun71
stor MASDC as 1J0070 08Jul72
xfer NARF Cherry Point 16Mar74
redesig HH-46A 30Apr75
further unit xfers unk
conv HH-46D unk
xfer unit unk
SOC 08Dec03. HC-3
1975 asg SAR Unit at NAS Meridian
1979 to HC-16 Pensacola, FL
1985 xfer to the West Coast
I made two rescues in this. One in Meridian in 1977 and one with HC-16 off the Lexington in 1984 NAS Meridian SAR
1993 B KNZY HH-46D type HC-11 /VR-51 HC-11
2001-2002 aboard USS Bataan (LHA-5) with HC-6 Det 1




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