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A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter flies over the gulf after taking off from the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA-1) during the combined Thai/U.S. joint Exercise Thalay Thai '89. The helicopter is from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM-163), the reinforced aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU).

Photographer:PH1 Flynn, USN
Date Shot: 1 Sep 1989
Photo ID: DNST9005687
Source: DOD photo archive
URL: http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/1990/Navy/DN-ST-90-05687.JPEG^{[dead link]}

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Photographer	United States Marine Corps, published by the U.S. Dept. of Defense
Location InfoField	South East Asia, probably off Thai shores
Aircraft type InfoField	see above
Operator InfoField	United States Marine Corps -- Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM-163)
Registration InfoField	YP 3956
Type InfoField	JPEG
Description	A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter flies over the gulf after taking off from the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA-1) during the combined Thai/U.S. joint Exercise Thalay Thai '89. The helicopter is from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM-163), the reinforced aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU).
Date	1 Sep 1989
Source	www.dodmedia.osd.mil

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The CH-46 in this picture should be identified by the full bureau number 153956. In the squadron and for some Air Traffic Control radio communications, it would be called YP 02 (YP it's MODEX code for the owning squadron, HMM-163 and 02, because it is the third oldest in the squadron's inventory.) The numbers start with 00 which is given to the lowest Bureau number. Tactical call sign would be Evil Eye 02

Evil Eye 6

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