Th? B??in? V??t?l CH-46 S?? Kni?ht is ? m??i?m t??ns???t h?lic??t?? ??si?n?? ??? ?????ti?ns ?n ?i?c???t c???i??s ?n? l?n? ??s?s. It w?s int????c?? int? th? U.S. milit??? in 1964 ?n? h?s ?l???? ? si?ni?ic?nt ??l? in v??i??s c?n?licts, incl??in? th? Vi?tn?m W??, th? G?l? W??, ?n? th? W?? in A??h?nist?n.
P????s? ?n? C????iliti?s:
Th? CH-46 w?s ?????s?-??ilt t? t??ns???t t????s, w????ns, ?n? ???i?m?nt. It c?n c???? ?? t? 25 in??nt??m?n ?? 2.5 t?ns ?? c????. A??iti?n?ll?, th? CH-46 h?s ???n ?s?? ??? m??ic?l ?v?c??ti?n ?n? s???ch ?n? ??sc?? missi?ns.
T?chnic?l S??ci?ic?ti?ns:
P?w???? ?? tw? T58-GE-8B t????sh??t ?n?in?s, ??ch ??liv??in? 2,000 h??s???w??, th? CH-46 c?n ???ch ? t?? s???? ?? 166 m?h (266 km/h) ?n? h?s ? m?xim?m ??n?? ?? 265 mil?s (426 km). Th?s? s??ci?ic?ti?ns m?k? it ? hi?hl? v??s?til? ?n? ??li??l? w??kh??s?.
Si?ni?ic?nt T??ns???t C???cit?: With th? ??ilit? t? t??ns???t ?? t? 25 in??nt??m?n ?? 2.5 t?ns ?? c????, th? CH-46 st?n?s ??t ?s ?n ???ici?nt t???? ?n? c???? c???i??.
Ext?nsiv? O????ti?n?l R?n??: With ? m?xim?m ??n?? ?? 265 mil?s (426 km), th? CH-46 c?n c?v?? s??st?nti?l ?ist?nc?s ???in? missi?ns.
C???i?? O????ti?ns: Th? CH-46 is ??si?n?? ??? ?i?c???t c???i?? ?????ti?ns, ?nh?ncin? its ?tilit? in m??itim? ?nvi??nm?nts.
A???t??ilit?: This h?lic??t?? c?n ?????t? in ?iv??s? t????ins ?n? ?n??? v???in? w??th?? c?n?iti?ns, m?kin? it ? ????n???l? ?ss?t.
L???c? ?n? C????nt Us?:
Th? B??in? V??t?l CH-46 S?? Kni?ht’s ?????cti?n c??s?? in 2015; h?w?v??, it c?ntin??s t? s??v? s?v???l c??nt?i?s ?c??ss th? ?l???. Its l???c? ?s ?n? ?? th? m?st s?cc?ss??l m??i?m t??ns???t h?lic??t??s ?v?? ??ilt ?n????s, sh?wc?sin? its ?n???in? v?l?? ?n? ????t??ilit?.
C?ncl?si?n:
A CH-46 replenishes a warship off the Horn of Africa in March 2003. (U.S. Navy)
Th? B??in? V??t?l CH-46 S?? Kni?ht ??m?ins ?n ic?nic ?n? v??s?til? m??i?m t??ns???t h?lic??t??. Its ?xt?nsiv? t??ns???t c???cit?, ?????ti?n?l ??n??, ????t??ilit?, ?n? c???i?? c????iliti?s h?v? m??? it ? vit?l ?ss?t in m?lti?l? c?n?licts ?n? ?iv??s? missi?ns. D?s?it? its ?isc?ntin??ti?n in 2015, its c?ntin??? ?s? w??l?wi?? ?tt?sts t? its ?n???in? v?l?? ?n? ????ctiv?n?ss.