Interesting New Photos Of Armed “Embassy Air” CH-46E Helicopter At U.S. Embassy in Kabul Emerge

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Interesting New Photos Of Armed “Embassy Air” CH-46E Helicopter At U.S. Embassy in Kabul Emerge

March 24, 2020 David Cenciotti 


Embassy Air is the name of an airline established in 2009 that operates a fleet of civil-registered Boeing CH-46E helicopters owned by the U.S. Department of State to support U.S. embassies in Afghanistan and Iraq with transportation tasks. Indeed, these choppers previously flown by the U.S. Marine Corps, are used to carry visiting VIPs or staff from the Airport to the U.S. Embassies in Kabul Baghdad and back, avoid having to use the risky ground transportation.

The CH-46Es are equipped with missile warning sensors and flare dispensers, located both under the fuselage in the forward section and above the rear sponsons, to counter MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems).

https://theaviationist.com/2020/03/24/interesting-new-photos-of-armed-embassy-air-ch-46e-helicopter-at-u-s-embassy-in-kabul-emerge/

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Cpl. Miles P. Wilson fires a .50-caliber machine gun from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a test flight at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Aug. 31. The Purple Foxes of HMM-364, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), assumed authority from the Red Dragons of HMM-268 Aug. 29, for providing casualty evacuation, general transportation and raid flights. Wilson is a crew chief and Lafayette, Ind., native. (Image credit: Cpl. Jonathan K. Teslevich)

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