The US Marine Corps in conducting a phased transition from the legacy CH-53E Super Stallion to the CH-53K King Stallion.

For naval operations perhaps a lot more than for ground-based ones, helicopters are essential. Especially the ones capable of carrying heavy loads over large distances. Ever since 1974 aviation ...

The Sikorsky CH-53K, known as the 'King Stallion' will ... "The CH-53K will continue to fill the CH-53E Super Stallion mission as a pillar of logistics and assault support for the U.S. Marine ...

FRCE Commanding Officer Capt. Randy J. Berti said the induction of the CH-53K – also known as the “Kilo” – allows the command ...

The long-range, sea-based aircraft—produced by Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky—is billed ... By comparison, the Marine’s CH-53E Super Stallion, a heavy-lift workhorse which became ...

The CH-53K King Stallion advances Sikorsky’s 50 years of manufacturing and operational success with its CH-53A, CH-53D/G, and CH-53E predecessors. Built to thrive on the modern battlefield ...

Lance Cpl. Donovan Davis, 21, of Olathe, Kansas, was onboard a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter when it had a "mishap" in California on Tuesday. The helicopter went down in stormy weather ...

The recent crash of a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that killed five Marines took place amid the ongoing stand down of all military V-22 Ospreys. The result, say Marine aviation ...

SAN DIEGO — The helicopter carrying five Marines that crashed during a storm in the mountains outside San Diego was a CH-53E Super Stallion designed to fly through bad weather, even at night.

Researchers flew an Army National Guard UH-1H, an S-76A belonging to the FAA itself, an Army UH-60 Black Hawk, a Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion and an Army Boeing CH-47D Chinook.