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A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 maintenanc

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 maintenance crew rigs a hoist sling to a downed CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter. Captain James R. Pleva landed the plane in the swift mountain river northwest of Chu Lai after it had been hit by enemy fire. The chopper was on fire and by landing in the river, Captain Pleva extinguished the flames. It was later retrieved from its watery landing pad - March 12 1967.

25 Sep 1967, Con Thien, South Vietnam. Marines rus

25 Sep 1967, Con Thien, South Vietnam. Marines rush wounded to helicopter for evacuation. (UPI color slide)

#vietnamwarfootageandstories #VietnamWar #semperfi #marinecorps #usmc #VietnamWarStories

LTA Santa Ana 1967 later renamed to MCAS(H) Tustin

LTA Santa Ana 1967 later renamed to MCAS(H) Tustin

#Repost @marines Get Ready, Get Set, Go A CH-53

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Get Ready, Get Set, Go

A CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the @31stmeu, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 prepares to launch from #USSAmerica’s flight deck.

The MEU and @USNavy amphibious assault ship are operating in U.S. 7th Fleet as a ready response force to defend peace and stability for a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.

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#Repost @1stmaw_marines Fill’er up! Marines wit

#Repost @1stmaw_marines
Fill’er up!

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 conduct forward arming and refueling point training, at Ie Shima Okinawa, Japan, April 29, 2020. The FARP is designed to provide fuel and ordinance necessary for highly mobile and flexible helicopter and fixed-wing operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Leo Amaro)

#Repost @usmcmuseum 15 April 1962 - Operation Shuf

#Repost @usmcmuseum
15 April 1962 - Operation Shufly⁠
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#OTD in 1962, Operation Shufly begins. Marine Corps operational involvement in the Vietnam War began when HMM-362 with its Sikorsky UH-34s arrived at Soc Trang in the Delta south of Saigon. ⁠
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The Marine Task Unit 79.3.5, code-named SHUFLY was the first Marine Task Unit to provide air support during the Vietnam War. The tasking represented the first large unit commitment of a Marine unit to Vietnam during the anti-communist struggle in Southeast Asia. ⁠
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#Repost @marinecorpshistory Brotherly love. Captai

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Brotherly love. Captain Frederick M. Rivers, Jr., 25 a pilot of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 [HMM-163], meets his brother, Private First Class Walter J. Rivers, 20, Force Logistic Support Group A, at the Quang Tri helicopter pad in 1968. #NationalSiblingsDay

Korea - HMR-161 conducted its first aerial medical

Korea - HMR-161 conducted its first aerial medical evacuation on 13 September 1951. Although medical evacuation was a secondary mission, the squadron carried more than 2,000 seriously wounded men to various locations for advanced medical care. Its sister helicopters of VMO-6 evacuated more than 7,000 during 35 months of combat flying.

Korea Feb 1953 - Col Harry Shea, right, commanding

Korea Feb 1953 - Col Harry Shea, right, commanding officer of the 11th Marines, briefs from left, 1stLt Donald Seller, Commanding Officer, 1st Air Delivery Platoon, 1stLt William Fleming, Executive Officer, 1st 4.5-inch Rocket Battery, Capt Edwin Carlton, Commanding Officer, 1st 4.5-inch Rocket Battery, and LtCol John Carey, Command Officer, HMR-161, prior to a fire mission in support of Korean Marines.

Christmas Day 1952. HR-69 from HMR-161 decked out

Christmas Day 1952. HR-69 from HMR-161 decked out as Santa Claus to deliver toys and food to 100 orphans adopted by the squadron.

#Repost @phrogphlyers On their final deployment a

#Repost @phrogphlyers
On their final deployment as a Marine Medium Helicopter squadron, the Black Knights of 264 embarked on the USS Iwo Jima as the aviation combat element of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit from 2008-2009. The United States flag is suspended from one of the aft rotor blades somewhere in Saudi Arabia.
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#marines #phrogs 🐸 #phrogsforever #ch46 #navy #flymarines #marineair #phrogphlyers #helicopter 🚁 #aviation #marineaviation #aviationphotography #usmc #boeing #picoftheday #avgeek #pilot #crewchief #HMM264 #blackknights #26meu #patriotic

Hospital Corpsman rush a wounded Marine from the C

Hospital Corpsman rush a wounded Marine from the CH-46A “Sea Knight” helicopter which has evacuated him directly from the battlefield to the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH-10). As casualties are taken to the ship’s starboard elevator, they are given medical aid and stripped of weapons and clothes to prepare them for immediate surgery 24 July 1967

1967 Vietnam, Operation UNION II Battalion 3/5 HMM

1967 Vietnam, Operation UNION II Battalion 3/5 HMM-163 Evil Eyes evac

USS PRINCETON (LPH-5) - Marine UH-34 Seahorse heli

USS PRINCETON (LPH-5) - Marine UH-34 Seahorse helicopters prepare to deliver flood relief supplies to northern South Vietnam, in late 1964, as forklift trucks move additional relief supplies on PRINCETON's flight deck

The FAE Fuel Air Explosive weapon. Each weapon had

The FAE Fuel Air Explosive weapon. Each weapon had three sub-containers with one-gallon of gasoline and a small parachute. You flew over the zone, pickled off as many as you wanted and the chute stabilized the cannister in the vertical. A telescoping fuse about three feet long popped out. When the fuse hit the ground a small charge squeezed the gasoline out tiny holes and made a fuel/air expulsive cloud. Then three igniters popped out to set it off. Each cannister created an overpressure equal to a 500 pound bomb... If the wind wasn't blowing too hard. ~Stuart Beeney

#Repost @marineskidkids @Marines As If these bird

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@Marines As If these birds weren’t intimidating enough 🏴‍☠️

#Repost @heli_pilot_life Mighty battle Phrog #phr

#Repost @heli_pilot_life
Mighty battle Phrog #phrogsphorever #ch46e #ch46 #boeing #vertol #helicopter #helicopterlife #pilot #pilotlife #aircraft #aircraftspotter #boatlife #aviator #hmm262 #phrog #phrogsforever #gonebutnotforgotten #usmc #31stmeu #marineaviator #vertical

#Repost @hmh465_thewarhorse Welcome home to all t

#Repost @hmh465_thewarhorse
Welcome home to all the Marines and Sailors from HMH-465 Detachment A!! Job well done while deployed with the 11th MEU ACE VMM-163 (REIN).
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#TAKETHEREINS!

Vietnam, 1970. Supplies have been offloaded and a

Vietnam, 1970. Supplies have been offloaded and a Vietnamese "Kit Carson" scout (left) leads a young female civilian to the “Purple Foxes” CH-46 for resettlement away from our free-fire zone. Larry B. Photo

The Mighty Deuce

The Mighty Deuce

January 22, 1966 - Marines of Alpha 3, while waiti

January 22, 1966 - Marines of Alpha 3, while waiting on the line at Ba To Airfield for the word to move out, take a break and cover themselves with ponchos to protect themselves from the rain.

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Photograph of the arrival of Marine Medium Helicop

Photograph of the arrival of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (HMM-265) at the U.S. Marine Corps Marble Mountain Air Facility in Vietnam on May 25, 1966. Pictured shaking hands are Lt. Col. Herbert E. Mendenhall (left), commanding officer of HMM-265, and Lt. Col. Jerome L. Goebel (right, who went by “Jerry”), commanding officer of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263). Col. Richard M. Hunt (center), commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16)—of which both helicopter squadrons were members—is pictured (May 25, 1966) [Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph]. From Richard M. Hunt Papers, MMP 1, Miscellaneous Military Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.

46’s at work, At An Hoa combat base, Vietnam

46’s at work, At An Hoa combat base, Vietnam

Members of 1st RECON Battalion 1st Marine Division

Members of 1st RECON Battalion 1st Marine Division, with HMM-263 CH-46, Vietnam

#Repost from @marines Queen Anne’s Revenge Cpl.

#Repost from @marines
Queen Anne’s Revenge

Cpl. Morgan McDowell, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief assigned to @evileyes163, @pride_of_the_pacific, carries a GAU-17/A minigun on the flight deck of the @usnavy amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Dublinske)

#Marines #USMC #Military #Blackbeard

#Repost from @mcas_camppendleton Featured as this

#Repost from @mcas_camppendleton
Featured as this week's #aircraftoftheweek, the Bell UH-1Y "Venom" can carry a whole lot of firepower and up to ten passengers into harm's way. Better known simply as the "Huey", #mcascamppendleton is proud home to over half of the USMC's active duty Huey crews and aircraft. In this video, two #hueys from HMLA-267, home based at #munnfield, land at a Forward Area Refueling/Rearming Point during Exercise Cobra Gold in the Kingdom of Thailand this past February

#supportthewarfighter #semperfi #marineaviation #marines #hmla267 #huey #uh1y #venom #closeairsupport #31stmeu #deployment #cobragold #aviaton #aviationoperations #thailand

#Repost from @vmm362 🎂🎂🎂 Today marks one

#Repost from @vmm362
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Today marks one year as VMM-362.
Every Marine who has worked tirelessly over this year have earned the title of plankowner. A term originally used to describe members who were assigned to Navy vessels during their commissioning, the same word now applies to personnel attached to a new unit within its first “stand-up” year.
Here are a few memories to celebrate

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