Marine Corps CH-53E reset slow, but turning out 'good product'

By Justin Doubleday / April 28, 2017 at 4:46 PM
The Marine Corps reset of its CH-53E heavy-lift helicopter effort will take longer than anticipated, but cost projections are holding and the initial aircraft returned to the fleet are performing better than expected, according to service officials. The Marines have inducted 20 aircraft into the organizational-level maintenance process so far, and four of those aircraft have been reset and returned to the fleet, according to Maj. Thomas Trimble, head of heavy-lift helicopter requirements for the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps...

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