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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.

Wolfpack shows off heavy haul prowess

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, “Wolfpack,” 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, took to the air Feb. 28 to perform a training evolution here, where pilots, crew, and a helicopter support team practiced external lifts with a CH-53E Super Stallion.External lifts allow HMH-466 to quickly get large cargo to their “customers” without having to

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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.

When training calls, Wolfpack barks back to prepare for deployment

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. –Squadrons preparing to deploy often use an environment that resembles that of Afghanistan. Luckily, mountains and deserts that replicate Afghan terrain and offer squadrons a realistic place to train before deploying are easy to find on the west coast.Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 “Wolfpack” spent ten days, Jan.

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A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 fires warning flares over southwestern Afghanistan May 17. The squadron supported vehicle interdiction operations with Regimental Combat Team 5 and members of the Afghan National Army's military police. - A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 fires warning flares over southwestern Afghanistan May 17. The squadron supported vehicle interdiction operations with Regimental Combat Team 5 and members of the Afghan National Army's military police.

From the couch to combat

Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 and Los Fresnos, Texas, native, keeps an unusual collection with him on flights: a selection of Chevrolet Hot Wheels cars.“For good luck,” Zamora explained before his CH-53E Super Stallion took off to conduct drug raids in southwestern Afghanistan May 17. His brother-in-law

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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.

Cyclops fuels up 1st Tanks

After being delayed by rain and high winds, a small break in the clouds opens, allowing a short window for two CH-53E Super Stallions from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 to deliver much needed fuel and supplies to 1st Tank Battalion, operating in northern Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 26.Undeterred by the threat of bad weather, the

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