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Caption:
Three CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters depart Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.,
after a brief visit to refuel Aug. 14, 2000. The U.S. Marine
Corps CH-46's, assigned to HMM-162 at New River, N.C., have just been
hot pit refueled by a U.S.M.C. KC-130 of VMGR-252 from Marine Corps Air
Station Cherry Point, also located in North Carolina. The hot pit
refueling, where one or more aircraft refuel with their engines
running, occured at Shaw as the helicopters transitted the area while
deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Ga., for an exercise.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg L. Davis) (Released)
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