Helicopters aircraft sunset mh 53 pave low. The sikorsky mh 53 pave low series was a long range special operations and combat search and rescue csar helicopter for the united states air forcethe series was upgraded from the hh 53bc variants of the sikorsky ch 53 sea stallionthe hh 53 super jolly green giant was initially developed to replace the hh 3e jolly green giantthe us. Pave low leads balad iraq summer 07 duration. Sikorsky mh 53c pave low demo. The mh 53 pavelow series are advanced helicopters operated by usaf special operations squadronsthe mh 53 pavelow is based around the hh 53 jolly green giant airframe with improved armor avionics weapons and aerial refueling capabilities.
Both squadrons are deployed to air force base hoedspruit south africa to support operation atlas response. The pave low iii concept was expedited from the unfortunate lessons of operation eagle claw in 1979 aka desert one where the pave low would have been the clear choice of aircraft but was just leaving the production line. The 32 hh 53s that followed created a total of 41 mh 53j pave low iii helicopters. The mh 53 was a series of large transport helicopters operated by the united states air force in the special operations role.
Sikorsky ch 53k king stallion us heavy lift cargo helicopter review. Mh 53j pavelow iii mh 53m pavelow iv. Usaf mh 53j upgraded by the pave low iv program. Air forces mh 53jm fleet was retired in.
The hh 60mh 60 is a member of the sikorsky s 70 family. The mh 53 is used for long range combat search and rescue csar and was developed to replace the hh 3 jolly green giant. Introduced in 1998 aircraft received the idasmatt interactive defensive avionics systemmulti mission advanced tactical terminal which provide real time access to the total battlefield situation. Hello i would build the mh 53 pave low in 148 scale using revell ch 53 g and cobra co.
The hh 53s were later upgraded as mh 53 pave low series. Thank you for your help. The mh 53 designation breaks down as m standing for multi mission and h standing for helicopter. In may of 1980 the air forces newly operational fleet of nine hh 53h pave low csar helicopters was abruptly transferred to the special operations forces in response.
I have a doubt about main rotor is it the same of ch 53 e or it was different.