020802-N-8894M-001. [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 3 (HC-3), Packrats, Naval Air Station North Island (NASI), California (CA), approaches the experimental high-speed vessel Joint Venture (HSV-X1) during operations off the southern California coast. The Knighthawk is a newly designed helicopter for the Navy which uses the Black Hawk (Blackhawk) airframe to provide a larger cabin area for cargo and passenger transport, while keeping the automatic rotor blade folding system and rapid folding tail pylon for ship board oper
020802-N-8894M-001. [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 3 (HC-3), Packrats, Naval Air Station North Island (NASI), California (CA), approaches the experimental high-speed vessel Joint Venture (HSV-X1) during operations off the southern California coast. The Knighthawk is a newly designed helicopter for the Navy which uses the Black Hawk (Blackhawk) airframe to provide a larger cabin area for cargo and passenger transport, while keeping the automatic rotor blade folding system and rapid folding tail pylon for ship board operations. Joint Venture is participating in Fleet Battle Experiment Juliet (FBE-J) as part of operations supporting MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 2002 (MC-02). MC-02 is the nation's premier joint integrating event, bringing together both live field exercises and computer simulations throughout the Department of Defense (DoD). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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