Flying the CH-53K: Visiting Marine Corps Air Station New River
12/03/2020
By Robbin Laird
Marine Corps Air Station, New River.
Yesterday, during my visit to New River, I experienced flying in the cockpit of the Marine Corps’s latest key air capability, the CH-53K. I was in the cockpit with LtCol Luke “Amber†Frank, the VMX-1 Detachment OIC. He is a very experienced Marine Corps pilot having flown virtually every type of rotorcraft the Marine Corps has, including being a presidential pilot as well.
He is experienced; obviously I am not.
So where did this flight happen?
In the new flight simulator which has been built and is operating at VMX-1.
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