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NORFOLK, Va. - The Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774 (HMM-774), stationed out of Norfolk, Va., is currently in the process of retiring their CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopters, whose service spans 50 years, while transitioning to the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
“I will miss the resilience of this aircraft. It can do anything! It can come back with holes in it and still can make the mission,” said Orosemane. “We can fly it very heavily and still have no issues with it. It is a very resilient aircraft.”
At the end of February 2014, two of the HMM-744’s 12 helicopters will leave for Danis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tuscon, Ariz., to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group for retirement, signaling the end of an era of service that spanned six decades.
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