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Watch the US Navy's biggest helicopter refuel from a plane while carrying a Humvee over the ocean

Mar 1, 2017, 03:52 IST

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A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464), Detachment Alpha approaches an U.S. Air Force HC-130P Hercules aircraft from the 106th Rescue Wing, 102nd Rescue Squadron for aerial refueling over Djibouti during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.U.S. Department of Defense.

The CH-53E Sea Stallion is the US military's largest and most powerful helicopter, capable of carrying a Humvee like handbag.

But even the Stallion's seven chopping blades can't scare away US Marine Corps refueling planes.

In the video below, see how the US transports a huge truck, with a huger helicopter, across a huge expanse of sea with the help of a KC-130J refueling plane, which is huge in its own right.

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