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SSC Hovercraft Transports CH-46 Helicopter

SSC Hovercraft Transports CH-46 Helicopter
A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is removed from the Navy’s new Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-103 after being transported from Naval Air Station Pensacola to Eglin Air Force Base on Feb. 24, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Air Force by Samuel King Jr.)

A Textron [TXT] Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) landing craft helped move a Boeing [BA] CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., to Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Fla., last month, the Navy said on Thursday. The Navy said transporting the helicopter by land would require “extensive preparation work" to lower the CH-46 height to safely move on public highways. Instead, Air Force 96th Test Wing talked to Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC…

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