CH-53 Sling Loading

Credit: Lance Cpl. Jessica Massi | Date Taken: 02/04/2021
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2d Marine Air Wing, sling loaded a M777 howitzer well transporting Marines with Golf Battery 2nd Battalion 10th Marine Regiment in preparation for Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise on Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 04, 2021. The ability to sling load weapons and other assets is one of many ways the air combat element facilitates the operation of ground elements within the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jessica Massi)