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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:HH-3E Jolly Green Giant
    Last Military Serial:65-12784 USAF
    Construction Number:61-559
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-3C.

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-12784.

    1966

    Converted to a HH-3E.

    30 May 1966

    Returned to service with the USAF.

    5 July 1966

    Transferred to 38th Air Rescue Squadron, Detachment 5, Udorn Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.

    15 July 1966

    Transferred to 38th Air Rescue Squadron, Detachment 7, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.

    26 January 1967

    Transferred to WRAAR, San Diego.

    21 June 1967

    Transferred to Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT.

    8 December 1968

    Transferred to 33rd Air Recovery Squadron, Naha Air Base, Okinawa.

    1 February 1969

    Transferred to Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT.
    Sikorsky apparently had field representatives servicing the aircraft.

    12 February 1969

    Transferred to 33rd Air Recovery Squadron, Naha Air Base, Okinawa.

    1 October 1970

    Transferred to 41st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing, Naha Air Base, Okinawa.

    5 February 1971

    Transferred to 41st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.

    13 April 1972

    Transferred to 33rd Air Recovery Squadron, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam.

    22 April 1972

    Transferred to 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam.

    6 June 1972

    Transferred to 31st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Clark Air Base, Philippines.

    17 September 1972

    Transferred to 33rd Air Recovery Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.

    From By January 1986 to After September 1988

    Transferred to 102nd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Francis S. Gabreski ANGB, NY.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 1 SOMSG/CD, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    By October 1994

    Placed on display with Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa 1995


    Photographer: Sid Nanson

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Sid Nanson
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