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The first CH-53K King Stallion is scheduled to be delivered to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, N.C., early next week. This will mark another on-time milestone for the U.S. Marine Corps' future heavy-lift helicopter program.
The helicopter's arrival to New River enters it into the Supportability Test Plan where U.S. Marines will conduct a logistics assessment on the maintenance, sustainment and overall aviation logistics support of the King Stallion.
The CH-53K is a new build aircraft with the same logistical footprint as the current CH-53E Super Stallion, but is fly-by-wire, software driven and it can lift three times more. Modernization is already built into the aircraft.
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Media interested in covering the arrival of the Marine Corps' newest aircraft must RSVP with 1st Lt. Alexandra Bello, II MEF Communication Strategy & Operations Officer, at 910-449-9927 or Alexandra.bello@usmc.mil before noon on Monday, May 14, 2018.
| Date Taken: | 05.11.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 05.11.2018 10:38 |
| Story ID: | 276688 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US |
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