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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:CH-3E Jolly Green Giant
    Last Military Serial:65-12799 USAF
    Construction Number:61-574
    Latest Owner or Location:Warrior Park, DavisMonthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-3C by Sikorsky at Bridgeport, Connecticut.

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-12799.

    Converted to a CH-3E.

    Circa 1971

    Transferred to 33rd ARRS, 18th Wing, Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan.

    By May 1993

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By May 1993

    To Warrior Park, DavisMonthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By May 1993

    Markings Applied: 65 692
    Displayed as CH-3E 65-15692 which crashed March 12, 1989 with the loss of all fifteen souls onboard.

    9 September 2008


    Photographer: Richard Lane

    2023


    Photographer: Anonymous via Max Sabin

    2023


    Photographer: Anonymous via Max Sabin


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