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    CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikorsky S-65) is an American family of heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky...
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    Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter operated by the United States military. As the Sikorsky S-80, it was developed from the CH-53...
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    series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion. The HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant" was initially developed to replace...
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    The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion (Sikorsky S-95) is a heavy transport helicopter designed and produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. The King Stallion is an...
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    The Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. It is named after Tarhe...
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    service. Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (S-80) and Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon, a heavier helicopter introduced in 1981, developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion...
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    The Sikorsky H-34 (company designation S-58) is an American piston-engined military helicopter originally designed by Sikorsky as an anti-submarine warfare...
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    layout was used by Sikorsky for the larger CH-53 variants, and by the much later (though similarly sized) S-92. In 1957, Sikorsky engineers were working...
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    The Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave (company designation S-56) is an American large heavy-lift military helicopter of the 1950s. It entered service as the HR2S-1...
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  • Thumbnail for 2010 Israeli Air Force CH-53 crash
    On 26 July 2010, an Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur helicopter crashed during a training flight in the Carpathian Mountains, near the city of Brașov...
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  • may also refer to: The Sikorsky S-61R, a 1959 helicopter The Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, a 1966 helicopter The Sikorsky MH-53, a 1967 USAF helicopter...
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    The Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. It is the civilian version of the United States Army's CH-54 Tarhe. It is...
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  • Thumbnail for 1977 Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 crash
    On May 10, 1977, an Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur helicopter crashed during an exercise in the Jordan Valley, killing all 54 on board (including...
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    the Army announced its intention to replace the piston-engine–powered Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave with a new, gas turbine–powered helicopter. During June 1958...
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    The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) is a multi-purpose piston-engined helicopter that was used by the United States Army and United...
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    MN:Specialty Press, 1990. ISBN 0-933424-53-1 "CH-53E Super Stallion". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2023-12-10. "CH-53E Super Stallion Heavy-Lift Helicopter"...
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    of Qana, in which 28 civilians were killed. Hezbollah shot down an IAF CH-53 Yas'ur helicopter on the last day of the war, killing five crew members...
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  • 17 January – Sikorsky S-55B helicopter crashes in Iceland while en route from Reykjavík Airport to Snæfellsnes. 10 May – A Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur of the...
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    of Pray", the squadron is operating the Sikorsky CH-53-2025 Yas'ur. In 1969, the IAF acquired new and used CH-53s to supplement the already existing heavy-lift...
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  • Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Sikorsky MH-53 Sikorsky...
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    "Accident Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur (Sea Stallion) 357, 04 Feb 1997". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 22 January 2018. Ranter, Harro. "Accident Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur...
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    of helicopters carried by each vessel was up to 19 Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallions, 26 Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, or a mix of the two. The 820-by-118...
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    began on radar systems which had been captured during the Six-Day War. Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters were chosen to carry the radar to Israeli territory. The...
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    rival Sikorsky S-61R in its place.[citation needed] Following the Sea Knight's first flight in August 1962, the military designation was changed to CH-46A...
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    replacement of the aging Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, which was acquired in the 1970s, by Boeing CH-47 Chinook or Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. A bid...
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    water usage, Boeing offered a kit to enhance its water resistance. The Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, first introduced in 1966, is also capable of limited water...
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    platform for the Nimrod in the Israel Defense Forces is a modified Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter. The launching vehicle or aircraft may fire...
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    XC-142 ShinMaywa US-1 NAMC YS-11E Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion Sikorsky HH-53/MH-53 Data from Gas Turbine Engines Type:...
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    landing (STOVL) aircraft cannot perform without a runway. In 1942, the Sikorsky R-4 became the first helicopter to reach full-scale production. Although...
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    the German armed forces, the system’s first customer, during which a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion military transport helicopter was loaded into a Beluga...
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