Accepted as a CH-46A by HMM-164 at the end of 1965 and deployed to Vietnam till March 1967 when transferred to HMM-265 (MCAF Jacksonville). Returned to Vietnam in July 1967 on search and destroy missions against Viet Cong targets, also flying Raquel Welch and Bob Hope during their tour. Soon after, shot down but repaired by January 1968, only to crash in July. Again repaired and switched to HMM-165 and then HMM-164. Returned to HMM-165 and on to H&MS-36 in 1970 and to MASDC in 1972. Emerged in 1975 with the USN as a CH-46D and served various units ending with HC-6 from 1989. To museum in 2003

This Sea Knight was TOC by the USN in Oct. 65 and served with various squadrons including HMM-164, 165 & 265 before being retired to MASDC during Jan. 72 as 1J037. She was returned to service in July 74 with NARF, North Island & then Cherry Point before finally serving in Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) 6 on board the combat stores ship Sylvania (AFS-2). Now in retirement on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola.