29 Apr 2024:
https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/Mar...aryland-NJ/Mon
"...U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River (Pax ITF) to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 24. ... the almost 100-foot-long helicopter lifted the approximately 22,000-pound airframe from the airfield here, briefly headed west, and then turned southeast and headed out over the Chesapeake to begin the 305 nautical mile transport. The CH-53K is currently cleared to conduct lifts up to 36,000 lbs...."
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