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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 .
Pave Low variants were retired in 2008. 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 ...
May 31: One US CH-53 Sea Stallion was destroyed in a hard landing, the crew survived. [45] [46] May 28: One US Army crew member died when a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. The helicopter crashed when it hit a cellphone tower in the Marouf district of Kandahar province. Thirteen crew members were injured. [47]
In 1986, the 20th flew the specially equipped and highly capable Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low and started flying the upgraded MH-53J Pave Low III in 1988. [4] In December 1989, members of the 20 SOS were mobilized as part of a joint task force for Operation Just Cause, in Panama. [4]
CH-53 Sea Stallion/HH-53/MH-53 Super Jolly/Pave Low/CH-53E Super Stallion/MH-53E Sea Dragon [ edit ] Defensive armament systems for the H-53 series and developments as used by the US Navy have no known designation, but generally comprise pintle mounts at "personnel or cargo doors or windows of the aircraft."
The Stokes Litter on the Pave Low is designed for rapid extraction of injured without landing. In 1998, an Air Force MH-53 Pave Low from the 21st Special Operations Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, England, flew out of San Vito, Italy in support of the Bosnian peacekeeping mission.
Sikorsky H-53, 1971–1973; Sikorsky CH-53, 1973–1994 Sikorsky HH-53 (Super Jolly), 1973–1994 Sikorsky MH-53 PAVE LOW, 1983–1994. Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk ...
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