Last ride of the Phrog
Photo: Cpl. Owen Kimbrel | Department of Defense | 141029-M-CJ278-111 CLICK TO BIG UP 2000×1124
After six decades of Marines, the final CH-46E Sea Knight in U.S. service made its last flight and she is beautiful.
Bu. No. 153369 was the flag bearer for the Phrog’s retirement. For this task she picked up“retro” markings, applied by HMM-364 “Purple Foxes,” who operated this aircraft extensively during the Vietnam War.
She is on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center