Marine Corps completes first helicopter sling lift evaluation with new expeditionary radar

Marine Corps completes first helicopter sling lift evaluation with new expeditionary radar

The Marine Corps has successfully conducted its first helicopter sling load evaluation for the new Medium Range Air Defense Radar, testing maneuvers that will be needed to deploy the expeditionary radar to forward locations, the service announced last week. During the July 30 evaluation, a team of Marines at the service’s Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, CA, used a CH-53E Super Stallion to perform both dual and single point sling lo…