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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:VH-3D Sea King
    Last Military Serial:159355 USMC
    Construction Number:61-729
    Latest Owner or Location:Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1), MCAF Quantico, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a VH-3D.

    Circa 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 159355.

    From Circa 1975 to After August 2020

    Transferred to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1), MCAF Quantico, VA.

    14 April 1982


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL in support of President Reagan.

    14 April 1982


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL in support of President Reagan.

    21 May 2011


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: A US Marine Corps Sikorsky VH-3D of HMX-1 gets airborne at Mildenhall during POTUS Obamas trip to the UK. This one is Bu.Aer 159355.
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