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USMC saying goodbye to CH-46 helicopters
The helicopter has been around since Vietnam, primarily used to transport Marines and drop off cargo. It is now being phased out and replaced with an Osprey, a faster helicopter/airplane. (www.10news.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Apparently we were in the same AO. 101st 70-71. Sorry, Army not Marine.
Fort Campbell graduate are ya?
Live not far from Campbell at Ky Lake.
When I was there we called it the "Phrog"
The 46 and the Army's helicopters can do things the Osprey can't, like coming into a tight, hot LZ with a big flare and pedal turn, all the while chopping tree limbs and taking hits. Then chopping your way out and doing it all in 30 seconds. The grunts will miss her.
Why can't it do that stuff, out of curiosity?
Too long a time to transition to helicopter mode(coming in hot and stopping on a dime with 9 cents change is not something I have seen them do), chopping branches with rotors would probably damage wings and mechanisms, and I have never seen it maneuver with the nimbleness of a helicopter. Probably fine in the desert. They have their place but I don't see them as a direct replacement for the 46. Just me, and I am not a Marine. Lol
But the Osprey allows reserve Marines to billet further away from the fighting. Chinook only had a 150 knot/hour speed. Troops had to be close to battle to get there in a hurry. Osprey more than 300 knots/hour. Commander can give troops more security being away from the fighting area and return them to battle quicker. In current scenarios, we are not fighting in places with tree limbs, etc.
Good bless all of those pilots