VMM-165
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Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 165 is a United States Marine Corps Tilt-rotor squadron consisting of MV-22B Osprey transport aircraft. The squadron, known as the "White Knights", is based at Marine
HMM-165 CH-46 is prepared for retrieval near Chu Lai, 12 March 1967
Vietnam-era squadron insignia
A CH-46 in front of an old blimp hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin.
CH-46E
The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol followin
VMM-165
…In July 1966 the squadron supported Operation Hastings. The squadron was assigned to MAG-36 at Kỳ Hà in October. On 3 June 1967 a squadron CH-46A #150955 was shot down just after having extracted a Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group Hatchet Force in eastern Laos…
A US Marine Corps CH-46 of HMM-364 flies over Huntington Beach, California, in October 2011.
V-107 prototype in 1961
HH-46D of the Navy resupplies USS Tripoli during a VERTREP, 1994
Formation of HH-46Es, used for search and rescue