
USMC KC-130T (BuNo 163310) is refueling flying a CH-53K (BuNo 170001) transported an F-35C (CF-01) airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey on April 24, 2024.
A Marine aviator from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) piloted the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense that carried the inoperable airframe, which was without mission and propulsion systems, outer wings, or additional equipment, to the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test (PMT) Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst for use in future emergency recovery systems testing. [USMC photo by Kyra Helwick]
A Marine aviator from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) piloted the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense that carried the inoperable airframe, which was without mission and propulsion systems, outer wings, or additional equipment, to the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test (PMT) Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst for use in future emergency recovery systems testing. [USMC photo by Kyra Helwick]
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Stripped of parts and moved by CH-53K to demonstrate its cargo carrying capability and moved from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The CH-53K was refueled by a KC-130J on the journey.
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