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The MH-53E Sea Dragon is the U.S. Navy's helicopter with the highest accident rate, with 27 deaths from 1984 to 2008. During that time, its rate of class A mishaps , meaning serious damage or loss of life, was 5.96 per 100,000 flight hours, more than twice the Navy helicopter average of 2.26. [ 48 ]
The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force.The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion.
Conduct helicopter flight training and initial Mine Countermeasures training for all US Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon pilots and aircrew. All basic, conversion, and refresher pilots as well as aircrew receive training in the MH-53E to prepare them for follow on assignment in the United States Navy.
A rainbow is formed in the mist rising from the ocean as an HM-15 MH-53E conducts mine countermeasures operations near Naval Air Station Alameda, 1990. Using the MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, they patrol foreign and domestic waters to locate and destroy sea-based mines that would harm watercraft and map safe sea-lanes of travel. Mines can be ...
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (S-80) and Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon, a heavier helicopter introduced in 1981, developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion by adding a third engine, a seventh blade to the main rotor and canting the tail rotor 20 degrees. The MH-53E Sea Dragon is used for long range mine sweeping or airborne mine countermeasures.
HC-4 phased out the CH-53E's and replaced them with nine MH-53E's. This transition was completed in February 1996 with the departure of the Navy's last two CH-53E's from NAS Sigonella. The Sea Dragon's range of up to 650 nautical miles (without refueling) and top speed of 150 knots (280 km/h) brought the entire Mediterranean and Persian Gulf ...
The US Navy acquired the CH-53E in small numbers for shipboard resupply. The Marines and Navy acquired a total of 177. [6] For the airborne mine countermeasures role, the Navy obtained a CH-53E variant, designated MH-53E Sea Dragon, with enlarged sponsons and fuel tanks for greater fuel storage, in the 1980s. [6] [7] The Navy obtained 46 Sea ...
The CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikorsky S-65) is a family of American heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.The Sea Stallion was originally developed in response to a request from the United States Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons made in March 1962 for a replacement for the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave helicopters flown by the United States Marine ...