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    The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air...
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    Vietnam War; the majority of these were subsequently rebuilt into the MH-53 Pave Low. The visually similar CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavier-lifting improved...
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    early laser targeting pod. Pave Low – Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low special ops and combat search and rescue helicopter. Pave Mint – Upgrade of the AN/ALQ-117...
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    Sikorsky MH-60/HH-60 Pave Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. The HH-60 Pave Hawk...
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    Pave Spike, Pave Tack and Pave Knife, and for specialized military aircraft, such as AC-130U Pave Spectre, MH-53 Pave Low, and HH-60 Pave Hawk. The Paveway...
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    fleet. Aviation portal Related development HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant"/MH-53 Pave Low Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Aircraft...
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    upgraded version with bigger cabin and new transmission Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low and Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant, upgraded helicopters with more powerful...
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    were MH-53 Pave Lows, one from the 21st SOS and the other from the 20th SOS at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The third helicopter was an MH-60 Pave Hawk from...
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    and MC-130), Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey, Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low, Bell UH-1 Huey, and Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk aircraft. The first predecessor of the squadron...
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    conflict. During the opening moments of Operation Desert Storm, an MH-53 Pave Low crew from the 20th Special Operations Squadron recovered an F-14 Tomcat...
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    Operation Desert Storm on 17 January 1991, eight AH-64As guided by four MH-53 Pave Low IIIs destroyed part of Iraq's radar network in the operation's first...
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    specially equipped and highly capable Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low and started flying the upgraded MH-53J Pave Low III in 1988. In December 1989, members of the...
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  • Gyrodyne H-51 – Lockheed H-52 Sea Guard – Sikorsky H-53 Sea Stallion – Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low – Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion – Sikorsky CH-53K King...
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    increased availability of long-range helicopters such as the MH-53 Pave Low, HH-60 Pave Hawk, and MH-47 Chinook, and the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, all...
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  • helicopter was later decommissioned and dismantled. November 23: A MH-53 Pave Low helicopter crashed shortly after leaving Bagram Air Base, killing five...
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  • antenna) for the twin seater versions of Northrop F-5 AN/APQ-158 for the MH-53 Pave Low helicopter AN/APQ-159 improved AN/APQ-153 fire control radar by Emerson...
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    lightweight variant of the M2/M3 and is used on the USAF's MH-53 Pave Low and HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters. These weapons use the M2HB barrel and are...
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  • S. Air Force senior master sergeant and crew chief of the Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low helicopter used for the covert troop insertions and later for the rescue...
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    development SH-3 Sea King Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard CH-53 Sea Stallion HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant"/MH-53 Pave Low United States Department of Defense. DOD 4120...
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    II special operations aircraft. The MH-53 Pave Low weapons instructor course ended with the retirement of the MH-53 aircraft. 14th Liaison Squadron Constituted...
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    ISBN 0-312-95881-1,Chapter 7 – The Secret War in Laos – 1967-'68, page 182, "MH-53 Pave Low > Hurlburt Field > Hurlburt Field Fact Sheets". Fort Walton Beach, Florida...
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  • threat. The Decepticon Blackout lands in Qatar, where he attacks an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter and takes on its form to disguise himself from humans. He...
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    or 1,630 L) can also be added in the cabin. The CV-22 replaced the MH-53 Pave Low. MV-22B U.S. Marine Corps variant. The Marine Corps is the lead service...
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    the MH-53 Pave Low helicopter with extensive avionics for navigation, flying at very low altitude, and electronic warfare. However the Pave Lows were...
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    Arriving in a nasty rainstorm, 21st Special Operations Squadron Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low helicopters inserted the first search-and-rescue teams, followed by...
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    Normandy (eight US Army AH-64 Apache helicopters led by four US Air Force MH-53 Pave Low helicopters) destroyed Iraqi radar sites near the Iraqi–Saudi Arabian...
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    Talon I and Combat Talon II aircraft and MH-53 Pave Low III and Pave Low IV, and MH-60 Black Hawk and Pave Hawk special ops helicopters. His operational...
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  • Improvement of AN/APQ-126 with 15 line replaceable units for the MH-53 Pave Low helicopter and PAVE LOW III requirement. Designed to perform terrain following mode/function...
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    Regiment's MH-60s," [a retired special operations aviator] said. USSOCOM awarded a contract to Boeing to modify several MH-60s to the low-observable design...
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    associated aircraft, the MC-130E Combat Talon, HC-130P/N Combat King and MH-53 Pave Low, transferred to RAF Mildenhall in March 1995. During the 2003 invasion...
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