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The attack left two Marines and one Navy Corpsman killed in action with another 91 wounded. Seventeen VC were killed during the battle along with four wounded who were taken prisoner. [4] MMAF saw the arrival of the first CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters in South Vietnam when HMM-164 arrived on 8 March 1966 with 27 aircraft from the USS Valley Forge.
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As a result of these collisions, two Marines were killed and seven injured and all three helicopters were too badly damaged for recovery and had to be destroyed. Later that day another CH-46 from HMM-265 was hit by People's Army of Vietnam fire and crashed, killing 13 Marines. Marines promptly renamed the area as "Helicopter Valley".
[6]: 347 The squadron was then placed in cadre status at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California and consisted of three officers and 12 enlisted Marines. In March 1967, the squadron was reorganized and began receiving the new Boeing CH-46D Sea Knight helicopters. On 28 October, most of the squadron's pilots and crews flew to South Vietnam ...
In 1976, he transitioned to CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter with HMM-766 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mount Clemens, Michigan, where he served as training officer. His Selected Marine Corps Reserve participation continued with HMM-774 , NAS Norfolk, Virginia , working in the S-1 and maintenance department.
As the Marine Corps’ number one aviation acquisition priority, the Osprey replaced the aging fleet of CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters and is a cornerstone of the capstone concept of Expeditionary maneuver warfare. [34] As of October 2017, the Marine Corps has 16 Fully Operationally Capable (FOC) MV-22 squadrons.
The MV-22B Osprey replaced the CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53D Sea Stallion. The Corps has transitioned all East Coast CH-46 squadrons to the MV-22, which has made its first combat deployments and Marine expeditionary unit deployments. The CH-53E Super Stallion will be replaced by the CH-53K King Stallion. [41]
The original Marine Medium Helicopter squadrons flew the Sikorsky UH-34D Sea Horse, which shortly after its inception saw extensive combat during the Vietnam War. [131] Beginning in 1966 they began to be replaced with the CH-46 Sea Knight which was faster, could carry more troops and is still in service today. [ 132 ]