My first job in aviation maintenance was with PHI in the Oilfield for several years. I kinda took a liking to these wonders that beat the air into submission!
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DESCRIPTION; Early Hiller H-23 or CH-23
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DESCRIPTION; S-56/H-37 Helicopter while loading a jeep.
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DESCRIPTION; U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky HUS-1 (UH-34D) Seahorse helicopters of Marine medium helicopter transport squadron HMM-362 in flight over the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, 1962.
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DESCRIPTION; A MAG-16 helicopter evacuates STARLITE casualties, while a Marine M-48 tank stands guard. The Marine on the left carries a M-79 grenade launcher.
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DESCRIPTION; Two U.S. Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters over Cambodia, circa 1969. Original caption: "USAF helicopters inserted special operations teams into Cambodia. Communist supplies moved from the port of Kompong Som, through Cambodia, to South Vietnam along the Sihanouk Trail. Until 1969, this artery, named after Cambodian leader Prince Sihanouk, was left largely untouched.
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DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Air Force fire protection specialist hooks fire fighting equipment on a Kaman HH-43B Huskie helicopter. The crew was assigned to Detachment 8, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, Vietnam. Date 1 January 1968.
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DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter (s/n 66-13290) of the 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron taking off from Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1968.The HH-3E 66-13290 was retired to the AMARC as HH0026 on 18 March 1991.
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DESCRIPTION; HH-53 RESCUE MISSION SOUTH VIETNAM.
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DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Army Sikorsky YCH-54A Tarhe (s/n 64-14202) helicopter in the 1960s. This helicopter was the first of six pre-production aircraft and was written off in Vietnam on 9 August 1966.
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DESCRIPTION; A Kaman HH-2C Seasprite (BuNo 151335) of helicopter combat support squadron HC-7 Seadevils. HC-7 was deployed to rescue downed aviators during the Vietnam War.
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DESCRIPTION;A U.S. Air Force Lockheed HC-130P Hercules refueling a Sikorsky HH-53B Super Jolly Green Giant helicopter of the 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron over North Vietnam, some time between July 1969 and July 1970.
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DESCRIPTION; A camouflaged U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King helicopter on the fantail of the guided missile destroyer USS Mahan (DLG-11) in May 1967. The U.S. Navy stripped several SH-3As of their ASW-equipment and used them for armed search-and-rescue missions in the Gulf of Tonkin and North Vietnam. This helicopter was assigned to helicopter anti-submarine squadron HS-2 Golden Falcons as part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 57 (CVSG-57) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12). However, the SAR-helicopters were often based on guided missile destroyers (then called "frigates"), which had small landing pads with less than one meter clearance to the superstructure. This SH-3A, BuNo 148985 (tail code NV-70), was lost at sea two weeks after this photograph was taken on 23 May 1967, with the loss of the crew of four.
USFG PHOTO Airman 1st Class Jason Epley (U.S. Air Force)
DESCRIPTION; Final Mission. MH-53 Pave Low helicopters prepare to take off for their final combat mission on Sept. 27, 2008, in Iraq. The MH-53, the largest and most technologically advanced helicopter in the Air Force with a record dating back to the Vietnam War, was retired from the Air Force inventory on Sept. 30, 2008.
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