The Vietnam-era CH-46 Sea Knight -- one of the military's most storied helicopters -- is older than most of the men who fly it today, and it is showing its age. The CH-46 has been beset in recent ...

After more than 50 years of service to the U.S. Marine Corps, the CH-46 Sea Knight, affectionately known as the “Phrog,” jumped into the history books Aug. 1, with a final flight to the Smithsonian’s ...

This tour of duty will be the last for some helicopters aboard the amphibious assault ship Peleliu, which steamed out of San Diego Bay on Saturday for a seven-month deployment. The soon-to-be-retired ...

The Boeing CH-46 is living on borrowed time. First brought into action in 1964 and used extensively in Vietnam by the US Navy and Marine Corps, it has been earmarked for phasing out, to be replaced by ...

After 51 years of service with the US Marine Corps, the Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight flew for the last time 1 August at a retirement ceremony in Chantilly, Virginia. The “Phrog,” which made its ...

The CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is an extremely versatile aircraft, but has suffered problems in the past. Last August, the US Navy and Marines grounded its entire fleet of 291 Sea Knights after ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter on a training mission crashed into North Carolina's New River near the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base, killing three Marines and ...

In February 2001, the Navy temporarily grounded the Sea Knight fleet after discovering a crack in another part of the rotor assembly. At the time, the Marine Corps lamented the degrading state of the ...