The Vietnam-era CH-46 Sea Knight _ one of the military's most storied helicopters _ has been beset by mechanical troubles that the Marines attribute to age. Last August, a crack found in a rotor ...

‘11 pax on board, including the commander. All the Americans are out. That is it.’ Those words, spoken by the pilot of the CH-46 helicopter who carried the last eleven Marines out of Vietnam, mark the ...

The Marine Corps on Tuesday grounded its fleet of more than 200 CH-46 helicopters after an inspection revealed a possible mechanical defect. The inspection at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, ...

A Boeing CH-46 is seen in 2015, stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. (Matt York/AP) SANTIAGO, Chile — The Boeing ...