CH-53K King Stallion Easily Lifts Armored Vehicle

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Video by Pvt. Rowdy Vanskike

CH-53K King Stallion Easily Lifts Armored Vehicle

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

April 26, 2022 | 4:08

U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 and Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24 transport a Light Armored Vehicle 25 with a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 27, 2022. The CH-53K King Stallion, the Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter, can lift up to 36,000 pounds of equipment, holds up to 30 troops, and features a computerized fly-by-wire system for semiautonomous piloting. CLB-24 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, the logistics combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

This B-Roll Package contains the following:
Pre-flight inspections, CH-53K King Stallion, CLB-24 Marines preparing an LAV for flight, members of the Israel Air Force's flight on the CH-53K, and transportation of an LAV 25.

(U.S. Marine Corps video by Pvt. Rowdy Vanskike)