Helicopter Support Team (HST) Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 5 prepare to attach a 20,000 pound training load to a CH-53E Super Stallion during external lifts training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 5. The HST Marines with CLB-5 supported Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466 during the external lift exercise, securing the training load to the CH-53E ensuring the aircraft carried the load safely. - Helicopter Support Team (HST) Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 5 prepare to attach a 20,000 pound training load to a CH-53E Super Stallion during external lifts training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 5. The HST Marines with CLB-5 supported Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466 during the external lift exercise, securing the training load to the CH-53E ensuring the aircraft carried the load safely.

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, “Wolfpack,” 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, practices external lifts aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 28. The Super Stallion is toting a 6,200-pound load from a single-point sling, simulating external cargo transport as it would occur in areas of operation such as Afghanistan. - A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, “Wolfpack,” 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, practices external lifts aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 28. The Super Stallion is toting a 6,200-pound load from a single-point sling, simulating external cargo transport as it would occur in areas of operation such as Afghanistan.

Marines with Helicopter Support Team, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare a humvee to be lifted externally by a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 25. The straps are used to connect the humvee to hooks hanging below the aircraft, and can safely carry approximately 25,000 pounds. - Marines with Helicopter Support Team, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare a humvee to be lifted externally by a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 25. The straps are used to connect the humvee to hooks hanging below the aircraft, and can safely carry approximately 25,000 pounds.

Staff Sgt. Philip Michel, a Crew Chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, observes fuel bladders being carried underneath a CH-53E Super Stallion en route to northern Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 26. Two CH-53E Super Stallions from HMH-466 transported approximately 2,000 pounds of fuel to 1st Tank Battalion. - Staff Sgt. Philip Michel, a Crew Chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, observes fuel bladders being carried underneath a CH-53E Super Stallion en route to northern Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 26. Two CH-53E Super Stallions from HMH-466 transported approximately 2,000 pounds of fuel to 1st Tank Battalion.