Check Out This Marine CH-53K Carrying An F-35C While Refueling From A KC-130T

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Welcome back to the Defense news channel for a discussion about A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion helicopter with the stripped-down hull of an F-35C slung underneath, refueling in mid-air from a KC-130T Hercules tanker/transport aircraft, is a window into what the service's distributed air operations might look like in the future. Defense News is a YouTube channel dedicated to military world lover.

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[guyforlogos]

King Stallion… couldn’t have a more appropriate name! That machine is truly an athletic beast.

[skittlesandfriends]

Well now that’s something that you don’t see everyday, what an amazing set of flying by the pilots on both aircraft.

[wayneyd]

That was that F35C first vertical flight.😁

[JohnWerfelman]

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Unbelievable our armed forces are amazing who would think of this??

[uprebel]

The Marine's are just badass pure and simple.

[doonhamer]

Jolly big fellas picked us up in Africa from an about to be really bad situation. Usually was not easily impressed but those three beasts did that in spades ..

[jasonvanevery]

310 is a good herc. I used to fly that.

[bradbutcher]

I saw a congregation meeting and the secretary of defense was being questioned why we only have 29% of the F-35 fleet in operational condition. He said a bunch but didn't say anything.

[JustSayNO]

Good view of rotor blades set by the cyclic for forward flight

[gazof-the-north]

The F-35 Pilot obviously had a "road side assistance" policy 😂

[JoeBidenIsGreat]

These are the new more gooder king stallion under test.

[exit]

OK, looks real. Can you post an Official DoD release/vid/link or actual date?

[SR-bhjd]

I’ve seen this on the latest James Bond. The villain slides down the cables and steals the jet.

[Southwest_Trailblazers]

What is airspeed of total package while actively refueling????

[cjford]

And this is why LM bought Sikorsky.
To haul their over-complicated junk around when it breaks.

[bubpori]

Nice tow Truck ! Look at the Flex on the Spinner under Load !

[Fester_]

Stripped down hulk. They are playing silly buggers but heck, it's fun to mess about sometimes.

[jasonswift]

What would the weight be of that F-35 frame? without the engine and wings etc?

[davidgold]

I sure would like to know it the refueling squadron was VMGR-252, my old squadron based out of Cherry Point MCAS, North Carolina.

[ptaylor]

Would hope that they had the airspace cleared when the flew past the pier! there could have been a drone or two in the air at that time from recreational/hobby flyers.