• Thumbnail for Sikorsky MH-53
    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...
    34 KB (4,156 words) - 01:15, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
    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...
    82 KB (9,122 words) - 01:34, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for PAVE
    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...
    6 KB (595 words) - 00:03, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
    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...
    33 KB (3,033 words) - 02:48, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paveway
    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...
    17 KB (2,059 words) - 15:54, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sikorsky H-53
    transport helicopter and an assault helicopter. Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low and Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant, upgraded helicopters with more powerful...
    2 KB (293 words) - 20:58, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
    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...
    65 KB (6,222 words) - 01:15, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 21st Special Operations Squadron
    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...
    32 KB (3,648 words) - 23:27, 27 May 2024
  • 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...
    17 KB (2,160 words) - 13:19, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fulton surface-to-air recovery system
    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...
    16 KB (1,976 words) - 18:37, 3 September 2024
  • 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...
    42 KB (3,583 words) - 23:21, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 413th Flight Test Squadron
    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...
    28 KB (2,778 words) - 12:05, 18 February 2024
  • helicopter was later decommissioned and dismantled. November 23: A MH-53 Pave Low helicopter crashed shortly after leaving Bagram Air Base, killing five...
    148 KB (12,801 words) - 21:36, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Combat search and rescue
    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...
    12 KB (1,421 words) - 00:53, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
    or 430 gal) 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...
    173 KB (15,151 words) - 01:58, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boeing AH-64 Apache
    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...
    177 KB (16,083 words) - 02:47, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for M2 Browning
    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...
    100 KB (10,278 words) - 14:12, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 20th Special Operations Squadron
    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...
    23 KB (2,345 words) - 23:43, 9 May 2023
  • 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...
    115 KB (12,795 words) - 01:29, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sikorsky S-61R
    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...
    25 KB (2,548 words) - 15:08, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 14th Weapons Squadron
    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...
    12 KB (1,119 words) - 12:26, 30 April 2024
  • 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...
    34 KB (3,074 words) - 01:01, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Armed helicopter
    the MH-53 Pave Low helicopter with extensive avionics for navigation, flying at very low altitude, and electronic warfare. However the Pave Lows were...
    20 KB (2,578 words) - 15:17, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for RAF Mildenhall
    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...
    35 KB (3,393 words) - 20:26, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hurlburt Field
    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...
    39 KB (3,531 words) - 14:02, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for 352nd Special Operations Wing
    Arriving in a nasty rainstorm, 21st Special Operations Squadron Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low helicopters inserted the first search-and-rescue teams, followed by...
    26 KB (2,849 words) - 21:55, 30 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Norton A. Schwartz
    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...
    36 KB (3,002 words) - 21:35, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gulf War air campaign
    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...
    64 KB (5,064 words) - 14:22, 8 September 2024
  • 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...
    9 KB (1,076 words) - 05:53, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coalition of the Gulf War
    (USN) Boeing MH-47 (SOA) Special Operations Aircraft (Army) Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low (USAF) Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon (USN) Sikorsky MH-60G Pave Hawk (USAF)...
    66 KB (5,737 words) - 04:55, 9 September 2024