美国加利福尼亚州彭德尔顿营陆战队航空站
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo | 2014-03-31 13:18:52 | PF-05/153369 (cn 2265)
2014年3月31日,美国海军陆战队 HMM-364“紫狐”中型直升机中队一架 CH-46E 在彭德尔顿营陆战队航空站进行飞行前检查,该中队将进行一次大编队统一起降和大编队飞行,以纪念CH-46服役47周年。1967年3月,该中队由HML-364改组为HMM-364,并开始接收新的波音CH-46“海上骑士”直升机。47年后,HMM-364即将再次改组,并逐步过渡到 MV-22“鱼鹰”旋翼运输机。(U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Christopher L. Hawley, crew chief with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), supervises pre-flight checks of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 31, 2014. After 47 years of flying the CH-46, HMM-364, “Flies the Barn”, taking off and landing in unison and flying in mass formations, signifying the transition to the MV-22 Osprey.)