The Vietnam-era CH-46 Sea Knight -- one of the military's most storied helicopters -- is older than most of the men who fly it today, and it is showing its age. The CH-46 has been beset in recent ...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — It’s perhaps a most fitting tribute: The first active-duty Marine Corps operational squadron to get the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter became the last one to fly it and ...

While many are familiar with the U.S. Army's Boeing CH-47 Chinook tandem-rotor helicopter, the U.S. Marine Corps used a different model, the Boeing Vertol CH-46 "Phrog" Sea Knight, which it began ...

After more than 50 years of service to the U.S. Marine Corps, the CH-46 Sea Knight, affectionately known as the “Phrog,” jumped into the history books Aug. 1, with a final flight to the Smithsonian’s ...

This tour of duty will be the last for some helicopters aboard the amphibious assault ship Peleliu, which steamed out of San Diego Bay on Saturday for a seven-month deployment. The soon-to-be-retired ...

The CH-46F has been restored and flown to its new home at the National US Armed Forces Museum (NUSAFM). On Dec. 3, 2024, the freshly repainted CH-46F, now registered as N7682F, flew to its new home at ...

The US Navy has released a picture of a Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter testing an upgraded chaff and flare dispensing self-defence system. The photograph was taken in December in the USA, but its ...

The CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is an extremely versatile aircraft, but has suffered problems in the past. Last August, the US Navy and Marines grounded its entire fleet of 291 Sea Knights after ...

In February 2001, the Navy temporarily grounded the Sea Knight fleet after discovering a crack in another part of the rotor assembly. At the time, the Marine Corps lamented the degrading state of the ...