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Photos Emerge Showing Plane Refuelling Military Helicopter Carrying Fighter Jet Mid-Air
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Photos Emerge Showing Plane Refuelling Military Helicopter Carrying Fighter Jet Mid-Air

by  Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah 1 min read

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Maryland, USA - A talented marine pilot from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) took the reins of the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defence.

Helicopter lifts another chopper mid-air
Photo of an aeroplane lifting another mid-air. Photo: Kyra Helwick.
Source: UGC

The helicopter carried the disassembled airframe, stripped of its mission and propulsion systems, outer wings, and additional equipment.

According to the photos shared by the Defence Visual Information Distribution Service, the pilot was taking the equipment to the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test (PMT) Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst in New Jersey.

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DVIDS stated that they would be utilised at the NAWCAD in future emergency recovery systems testing.

"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," read a statement by the Defence team.

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Helicopter refuels a military plane mid-air.
Photo of an aeroplane lifting another mid-air. Photo: Kyra Helwick.
Source: UGC
Helicopter refueling military jet mid-air
Photo of an aeroplane lifting another mid-air. Photo: Kyra Helwick.
Source: UGC
Helicopter lifting a military jet
Photo of an aeroplane lifting another mid-air. Photo: Kyra Helwick.
Source: UGC
Helicopter lifts another mid-air
Photo of an aeroplane lifting another mid-air. Photo: Kyra Helwick.
Source: UGC
Helicopter refuels another mid-air
Photo of an aeroplane lifting another mid-air. Photo: Kyra Helwick.
Source: UGC
Helicopter lifts another mid-air
Photo of an aeroplane lifting another mid-air. Photo: Kyra Helwick.
Source: UGC

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Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah (HOD Entertainment) Jeffrey is the Head of the Entertainment Desk and a graduate of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) with over 10 years of experience in journalism. He started as a reporter with Ghana News Agency (GNA). He joined Primnewsghana.com in 2016 as an editor. He moved to YEN.com.gh in 2017 as an editor and has risen to his current position. You can contact him via e-mail: j.owusu-mensah@yen.com.gh

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