A combat camouflaged B-52F global bomber and a Boeing-Vertol CH-46A Sea Knight met in 1966 on the flight line at The Boeing Company's Wichita, Kansas, Division, when the helicopter stopped during a ferry flight to the west coast. Camouflage painting was being applied at that time to a limited number of Strategic Air Command B-52s at Boeing-Wichita which also built the center and aft fuselage sections for the twin-turbine Sea Knight.

The U.S. Marine Corps retired the CH-46 Sea Knight in August 2015.