Marines boarding a Chinook
 

Copied from the Military thread.........

Chinook getting wet!

P1

Good job his spark plugs are high up:ok:

Peter R-B

Kind of small for a Chinook, my bets are on Phrog CH-46.

Chinook recovers SAS RIB
 

SAS? More likely to be Seppos. SEALs probably.

This was put on YouTube about 6 years ago. Said to be SBS

SBS?

That's a bootneck with a pint in his hand isn't it? :E

It was a QinetiQ trial about 8 or 10 years ago in conjunction with the SBS. A chap I know was in the Chinook, and reckoned one of the crew very nearly got clobbered by RIB.

Wow. Remind me to never buy a used Chinook from those guys! :)

Singapore Air force demonstrates this quite often, though the area they practice is more of fresh water ;)

British video and UKSF group. While the work is in theory still possible, the engineering burden of salt water ops is so high that the usual procedure is to winch the boat up instead.

It's the kind of thing that looks great in theory but the reality is it's a last resort and is thus rarely if ever practiced anymore.