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A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter parked near Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. A US Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft takes off in the background
A US Air Force cameraman videotapes activities at Point Salines airfield during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is parked on the flight line
A UH-60 Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter of the 57th Medical Detachment parked in a field at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Troops line the runway in the background
Two UH-60 Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopters of the 57th Medical Detachment parked in a field at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Troops line the runway in the background
Hangars at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. One C-130 Hercules aircraft is parked on the flight line and another taxis on the runway
A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the flight line at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY
Two UH-60 Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopters parked in a field near Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. A C-141B Starlifter aircraft is parked on the runway in the background
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US servicemen in an M151 light utility vehicle near Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is parked in the background
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY
Country: Grenada (GRD)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Known as the "Phrog", the Sea Knight was used in all U.S. Marine operational environments between its introduction during the Vietnam War. The type's longevity and reputation for reliability led to mantras such as "phrogs phorever" and "never trust a helicopter under 30". During the 1940s and 1950s, American rotorcraft manufacturer Piasecki Helicopter emerged as a pioneering developer of tandem-rotor helicopters; perhaps the most famous of these being the piston-powered H-21 "Flying Banana", an early utility and transport helicopter. During 1955, Piasecki was officially renamed as Vertol Corporation (standing for vertical take-off and landing); it was around this time that work commenced on the development of a new generation of tandem rotor helicopter. During 1956, the new design received the internal company designation of Vertol Model 107, or simply V-107; this rotorcraft differed from its predecessors by harnessing the newly developed turboshaft engine instead of piston-based counterparts. In 1960, American Boeing acquired Vertol and in 1961, it was announced that Boeing Vertol had been selected to manufacture its model 107M for the U.S. Marine Corps. Following the Sea Knight's first flight in August 1962, the military designation was changed to CH-46A.