Marine Corps ready to train CH-53K aircrew and maintenance personnel

By Aidan Quigley / December 8, 2020 at 2:38 PM
The CH-53K helicopter's training systems have all been declared ready for training, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary and the prime contractor for the program, announced last week. The three training systems for aircrew and maintainers at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, NC have all reached training readiness. The Containerized Training Device, a full-mission flight simulator, reached training readiness in September 2019. Earlier this year, Marines began training on this device, which replicates mission profiles as well as...

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