Story by Heather Wilburn | Fleet Readiness Center East | 05.15.2025
Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) opened a new chapter in its support of naval aviation’s heavy lift mission with the induction of a CH-53K King Stallion April 17, marking the first time the platform has ever been inducted for depot-level maintenance....
Story by Jason Kaneshiro | Defense Contract Management Agency | 04.21.2025
A CH-53 King Stallion helicopter during Helicopter Support Team training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Mar. 27, 2025. DCMA engineers discovered a circuit breaker panel issue and moved toward a resolution to ensure the fleet of aircraft would remain battle ready....
Story by Michael Land | F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF | 04.25.2024
U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River (Pax ITF) to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 24. A Marine aircrew from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) flew the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense that......
Story by Maj. Ryan Powers | Marine Corps Installations East | 12.14.2023
WRIGHTSBORO, N.C. – With military aircraft regularly training in the skies over Wilmington, North Carolina, more than a dozen local civilian and military first responder agencies came together with the Marines of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River and Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX 1) to train for emergency response to military aircraft mishaps....
Story by Ashley Snipes | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Officer in Charge of Construction Florence | 10.25.2023
The new CH-53K maintenance hangar aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River received its final roof beam in a special “Topping Out” ceremony commemorating the construction milestone on October 25, 2023....
Story by Maj. Jorge Hernandez | Communication Directorate | 09.21.2021
On Sept. 5, 2021, Marines in two CH-53K King Stallions from Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) successfully executed the recovery of a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter in the White Mountain Range 20 miles to the north of Bishop, CA. The mission to lift the 15,200 lb Search and Rescue helicopter involved challenging conditions at an altitude of approximately 12,000 feet above......
Story by Megan Wasel | Naval Air Station Patuxent River | 06.29.2020
The CH-53K King Stallion completed a two-week period of sea trials in the Atlantic earlier this month. This was the first opportunity to see the aircraft working in a modern naval environment....
Story by Megan Wasel | Naval Air Station Patuxent River | 12.17.2019
Industry and government engineers have mitigated an ongoing engine integration issue for the CH-53K King Stallion – the new heavy-lift helicopter from Sikorsky for the United States Marine Corps....
