It’s official, “the most powerful helicopter the United States has ever fielded” is joining the Marine Corps rotary wing fleet. Next week, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 will redesignate ...

It just wrapped up its international debut at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin in April. Now the Corps expects to take its first delivery of its new heavy lift helicopter at the New River air station ...

The CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter is on track to enter arsenals around the world within the next few years — but it’ll cost militaries a pretty penny. Marine Corps officials announced ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has secured a $10.86 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to produce up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps over the next five ...

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force conduct fast rope tactics out of a CH-53E Super Stallion at Auxiliary Airfield 2, Yuma, Ariz., ...

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on how the US military transports helicopters around the globe using massive cargo planes. Voice, text and video editing belong to The Daily Aviation, ...

The US Navy (USN) has conducted tests that saw sonobuoys deployed from the Sikorsky CH-53E heavy-lift helicopter, offering a new capability for the type. The work took place at a range in the Atlantic ...

The U.S. Marine Corps has confirmed five U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing were killed in the crash of a CH-53E Super ...

Reminiscent of early-World War I bomber tactics, the Navy has tested hand-deploying sonobuoys from the CH-53E heavy-lift helicopter. Announced on Sept. 27, 2024, the United States Navy said it had ...

The Israeli air force's first upgraded Sikorsky CH-53 2025 assault helicopter has begun flight-testing with the service's "Night Leaders" squadron. Work to modify the CH-53 "Yasur" with 20 new systems ...

The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter, broke new ground by taking part in a fleet exercise for the first time. In a Marine Corps statement, Lt.