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Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion

Index Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion

The CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikorsky S-65) is an American family of heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. [1]

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  1. 189 relations: Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon, Aerial firefighting, Air observer, Air-Britain, Alpnach, Alps, AN/ALQ-144, Army Times, Artillery, Austrian Air Force, Đông Hà Combat Base, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Blade inspection method, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, Boeing Rotorcraft Systems, Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft, Bureau of Naval Weapons, Chaff (countermeasure), Combat search and rescue, Da Nang, Delbrück, Elbit Systems, Engelberg, Fairey Rotodyne, Fatigue (material), Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, General Electric T64, German Air Force, German Army Aviation Corps, Grenada, Hamas, Hatzerim Airbase, Hải Lăng district, Helicopter, Helicopter Wing 64, Helmand Province, Hezbollah, HMH-361, HMH-366, HMH-461, HMH-462, HMH-463, HMH-769, HMH-772, HMHT-302, ... Expand index (139 more) »

  2. 1960s United States helicopters
  3. 1960s United States military transport aircraft
  4. Search and rescue helicopters
  5. Sikorsky H-53

Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon

The Aérospatiale (formerly Sud Aviation) SA 321 Super Frelon ("Super Hornet") is a three-engined heavy transport helicopter produced by aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation of France.

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Aerial firefighting

Aerial firefighting, also known as waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires.

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Air observer

An air observer or aerial observer is an aircrew member whose duties are predominantly reconnaissance.

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Air-Britain

Air-Britain, traditionally sub-titled 'The International Association of Aviation Enthusiasts', is a non-profit aviation society founded in July 1948.

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Alpnach

Alpnach is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.

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Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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AN/ALQ-144

The AN/ALQ-144, AN/ALQ-147, and AN/ALQ-157 are US infrared guided missile countermeasure devices (IRCM).

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Army Times

Army Times (ISSN 0004–2595) is a newspaper published 26 times a year serving active, reserve, national guard and retired United States Army personnel and their families, providing news, information and analysis as well as community and lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Austrian Air Force

The Austrian Air Force (Austrian Air Combat Force) is a component part of the Austrian Armed Forces.

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Đông Hà Combat Base

Đông Hà Combat Base (also known as Camp Spillman, Camp Red Devil or simply Đông Hà) is a former U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army base northwest of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.

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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities.

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Bell UH-1 Iroquois

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Bell UH-1 Iroquois are search and rescue helicopters and United States military helicopters.

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Blade inspection method

A blade inspection method is the practice of monitoring the condition of a blade, such as a helicopter's rotor blade, for deterioration or damage.

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Boeing CH-47 Chinook

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Boeing CH-47 Chinook are 1960s United States helicopters, 1960s United States military transport aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.

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Boeing Rotorcraft Systems

Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters and before that Boeing Vertol) is the former name of an American aircraft manufacturer, now known as Vertical Lift division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight

The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight are 1960s United States helicopters, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.

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Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft

The Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft (Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Luftfahrzeuge – Musterprüfwesen für Luftfahrtgerät der Bundeswehr) or (Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 (WTD 61)) is one of several testing centres of the German Armed Forces.

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Bureau of Naval Weapons

The Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps) was part of the United States Navy's material organization between 1959 and 1966, with responsibility for procurement and support of naval aircraft and aerial weapons, as well as shipboard and submarine naval weapons.

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Chaff (countermeasure)

Chaff, originally called Window or Düppel, is a radar countermeasure involving the dispersal of thin strips of aluminium, metallized glass fiber, or plastic.

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Combat search and rescue

Combat search and rescue (CSAR) are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones.

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Da Nang

Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (Đà Nẵng,, Hán Nôm: 陀㶞) is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population.

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Delbrück

Delbrück is a town in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the district Paderborn.

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Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an Israel-based international military technology company and defense contractor.

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Engelberg

Engelberg (lit.: mountain of angel(s)) is a village resort and a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.

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Fairey Rotodyne

The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military uses.

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Fatigue (material)

In materials science, fatigue is the initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading.

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Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum

The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is a United States Marine Corps aviation museum currently located at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California.

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Fort Worth Aviation Museum

The Fort Worth Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located next to Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Forward Operating Base Edinburgh

FOB Edinburgh was an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Forward Operating Base (FOB) operated by both the British Armed Forces and United States Armed Forces and located in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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General Electric T64

The General Electric T64 is a free-turbine turboshaft engine that was originally developed for use on helicopters, but which was later used on fixed-wing aircraft as well.

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German Air Force

The German Air Force (lit) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany.

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German Army Aviation Corps

The German Army Aviation Corps (Heeresfliegertruppe) is a special unit within the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).

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Grenada

Grenada (Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Hamas

Hamas, an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (lit), is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant resistance movement governing parts of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007.

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Hatzerim Airbase

Hatzerim Airbase (בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר חֲצֵרִים, Basis Heil HaAvir Hatzerim, lit. Homesteads) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base on the northern edge of the Negev desert in the Southern District of Israel, 6 km west of Beersheba, near kibbutz Hatzerim.

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Hải Lăng district

Hải Lăng is a rural district of Quảng Trị province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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Helicopter Wing 64

Helicopter Wing 64 (Hubschraubergeschwader 64) is a wing of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).

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Helmand Province

Helmand (Pashto/Dari), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country.

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah (Ḥizbu 'llāh) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.

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HMH-361

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMH-361) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters.

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HMH-366

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 (HMH-366) was a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters.

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HMH-461

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53K King Stallion transport helicopters.

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HMH-462

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron operating CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters.

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HMH-463

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) was a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters.

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HMH-769

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 769 (HMH-769) was a United States Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter squadron.

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HMH-772

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 (HMH-772) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters.

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HMHT-302

Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 (HMHT-302), is a United States Marine Corps helicopter training squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina.

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HMX-1

Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the president and vice president of the United States, heads of state, Department of Defense officials, and other VIPs as directed by the Marine Corps and White House Military Office.

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Huế

Huế is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, located near the center of Vietnam.

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Hydraulics

Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.

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Implementation Force

The Implementation Force (IFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peace enforcement force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one-year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour.

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Infrared countermeasure

An infrared countermeasure (IRCM) is a device designed to protect aircraft from infrared homing ("heat seeking") missiles by confusing the missiles' infrared guidance system so that they miss their target (electronic countermeasure).

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International sanctions against Iran

There have been a number of international sanctions against Iran imposed by a number of countries, especially the United States, and international entities.

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International Security Assistance Force

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.

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Iran hostage crisis

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States.

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Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution (انقلاب ایران), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution (label), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel factions.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy or Iranian Navy (IRIN; Nirū-yē Dəryâyi-yē Ərtēš-ē Žomhūri-yē Ēslâmi-yē Irân), officially abbreviated NEDAJA (نداجا), is the naval warfare service branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (''Artesh'').

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Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation

The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation (IRINA) (هواپیمایی نیروی دریایی آجا) or Havadarya (هوادریا) is the air component of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

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Israel Aerospace Industries

Israel Aerospace Industries, is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage.

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Israel–Hamas war

An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023.

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Israeli Air Force

The Israeli Air Force (IAF; tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as, Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

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Israeli Air Force Museum

The Israeli Air Force Museum is located at Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev desert.

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Kabul

Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan.

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Kaman Corporation

Kaman Corporation is an American aerospace company, with headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

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Khe Sanh Combat Base

Khe Sanh Combat Base (also known as Ta Con) was a United States Marine Corps outpost south of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) used during the Vietnam War.

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Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge (ខ្មែរក្រហម) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.

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Kosovo Force

The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Laupheim Air Base

Laupheim Air Base (German: Militärflugplatz Laupheim, ICAO: ETHL) is a German Air Force base located close to the city of Laupheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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List of active United States military aircraft

The United States Armed Forces uses a wide variety of military aircraft across the respective aviation arms of its various service branches.

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List of rotorcraft

This is a list of rotorcraft, including helicopters, autogyros, rotor kites and convertiplanes.

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Lists of military aircraft of the United States

Lists of military aircraft of the United States cover current and former military aircraft of the United States Armed Forces.

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Litter (rescue basket)

A litter is a stretcher designed to be used where there are physical obstacles that impair movement, including other hazards such as, in confined spaces, on slopes or uneven terrain, or in densely forested areas.

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Lockheed Martin

The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer with worldwide interests.

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Long Tieng

Long Tieng (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Cheng, or Long Chen) is a Laotian military base in Xaisomboun Province.

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LTV XC-142

The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 is a tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) transports. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and LTV XC-142 are 1960s United States military transport aircraft and aircraft first flown in 1964.

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M2 Browning

The M2 machine gun or Browning.50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning.

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M60 machine gun

The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links.

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Maiden flight

The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power.

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Manching

Manching is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Marine Corps Air Station Futenma

is a United States Marine Corps base located in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, northeast of Naha, on the island of Okinawa.

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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

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Marine One

Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States.

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Mayaguez incident

The Mayaguez incident took place between Kampuchea (now Cambodia) and the United States from 12 to 15 May 1975, less than a month after the Khmer Rouge took control of the capital Phnom Penh ousting the U.S.-backed Khmer Republic.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.

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Medical evacuation

Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped air ambulances, helicopters and other means of emergency transport including ground ambulance and maritime transfers.

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Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 25

Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 25 (Mittleres Transporthubschrauberregiment 25) was a regiment in the German Army, part of the German Army Aviation Corps.

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Mendig

Mendig is a small town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Mexican Air Force

The Mexican Air Force (FAM; Fuerza Aérea Mexicana) is the air service branch of the Mexican Armed Forces.

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MG 3 machine gun

The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Mil Mi-14

The Mil Mi-14 (Миль Ми-14, NATO reporting name: Haze) is a Soviet shore-based nuclear-capable amphibious anti-submarine helicopter derived from the earlier Mi-8. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Mil Mi-14 are twin-turbine helicopters.

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Military camouflage

Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces.

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Military transport aircraft

A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to support military operations by airlifting troops and military equipment.

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Minesweeping

Minesweeping is the practice of removing explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes also with an aircraft made for that purpose.

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Ministry of Defense (Israel)

The Ministry of Defense (Ministry of Security, acronym: משהב"ט) of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats.

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NACA airfoil

The NACA airfoil series is a set of standardized airfoil shapes developed by this agency, which became widely used in the design of aircraft wings.

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Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base

The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols along the Mekong River.

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National Naval Aviation Museum

The National Naval Aviation Museum, formerly known as the National Museum of Naval Aviation and the Naval Aviation Museum, is a military and aerospace museum located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) provides materiel support for aircraft and airborne weapon systems for the United States Navy.

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The Iranian Navy traditionally located in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, has always been the smallest of the country's military forces.

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Night-vision device

A night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD) or night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa; chữ Nôm: 越南民主共和), was a socialist state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976, with formal sovereignty being fully recognized in 1954.

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Northern Wedding

Northern Wedding was a NATO Cold War naval military exercise, designed to test NATO's ability to rearm and resupply Western Europe during times of war with the Warsaw Pact.

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Okinawa International University

, is a private university in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1959, and it was chartered as a university in 1972. The current President is Eiken Maetsu.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Operation Eagle Claw

Operation Eagle Claw was a failed operation by the United States Armed Forces ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to attempt the rescue of 53 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980.

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Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism.

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Operation Frequent Wind

Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon.

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Operation Ivory Coast

Operation Ivory Coast was a mission conducted by United States Special Operations Forces and other American military elements to rescue U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.

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Operation Rooster 53

Operation Rooster 53 was an Israeli military operation during the War of Attrition to capture an Egyptian P-12 radar system.

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Paderborn

Paderborn (Westphalian: Patterbuorn, also Paterboärn) is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district.

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Petrel

Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.

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Piasecki H-21

The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Piasecki H-21 are United States military helicopters.

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Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp

The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of, and is part of the long-lived Wasp family of engines.

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Quảng Nam province

Quảng Nam is a coastal province near northernmost part of the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.

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Quảng Trị

Quảng Trị is a district-level town in Quảng Trị Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Quảng Trị province

italic is a coastal province near the southernmost part of the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of italic.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Rheine-Bentlage Air Base

Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (Heeresflugplatz Rheine-Bentlage) was an air base of the German Armed Forces and located near the village of Bentlage, 2 km northwest of the city of Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Robert McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War.

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Sơn Tây prison camp

The Sơn Tây prison camp was a POW camp operated by North Vietnam near Sơn Tây and approximately west of Hanoi in the late 1960s through late 1970 and again in 1975.

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Sơn Tây, Hanoi

Sơn Tây is a district-level town ("thị xã") in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

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Sơn Trà Mountain

Sơn Trà Mountain (Núi Sơn Trà), also known as Monkey Mountain, is a mountain and peninsula range located on Sơn Trà Peninsula, in Sơn Trà district, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, overlooking the Bay of Da Nang and the East Sea.

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Sikorsky Aircraft

Sikorsky Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut.

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Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave

The Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave (company designation S-56) is an American large heavy-lift military helicopter of the 1950s. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave are Sikorsky aircraft and United States military helicopters.

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Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion

The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter operated by the United States military. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion are Sikorsky H-53, Sikorsky aircraft and United States military helicopters.

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Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion

The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion (Sikorsky S-95) is a heavy transport helicopter designed and produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion are Sikorsky H-53, Sikorsky aircraft and United States military helicopters.

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Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe

The Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe are 1960s United States helicopters, 1960s United States military transport aircraft, Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.

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Sikorsky H-34

The Sikorsky H-34 (company designation S-58) is an American piston-engined military helicopter originally designed by Sikorsky as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the United States Navy. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky H-34 are Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.

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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 Force. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky MH-53 are 1960s United States helicopters, Sikorsky H-53, Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.

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Sikorsky S-61R

The Sikorsky S-61R is a twin-engine helicopter used in transport or search and rescue roles. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky S-61R are 1960s United States helicopters, search and rescue helicopters, Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.

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Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane

The Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane are 1960s United States helicopters, Sikorsky aircraft and twin-turbine helicopters.

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Six-Day War

The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Special forces of Israel

Special forces units in the Israel Defense Forces encompass a broad definition of specialist units.

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Special operations

Special operations or special ops are military activities conducted, according to NATO, by "specially designated, organized, selected, trained, and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism, and are typically conducted by small groups of highly trained personnel, emphasizing sufficiency, stealth, speed, and tactical coordination, commonly known as special forces.

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Speyer

Speyer (older spelling Speier; Schbaija; Spire), historically known in English as Spires, is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants.

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Sponson

Sponsons are projections extending from the sides of land vehicles, aircraft or watercraft to provide protection, stability, storage locations, mounting points for weapons or other devices, or equipment housing.

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Stratford, Connecticut

Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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Subcontractor

A subcontractor is a person or business which undertakes to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract, and a subcontract is a contract which assigns part of an existing contract to a subcontractor.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Tail rotor

The tail rotor is a smaller rotor mounted vertically or near-vertically at the tail of a traditional single-rotor helicopter, where it rotates to generate a propeller-like horizontal thrust in the same direction as the main rotor's rotation.

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Thừa Thiên Huế province

Thừa Thiên Huế is a southernmost coastal province in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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Tiltrotor

A tiltrotor is an aircraft that generates lift and propulsion by way of one or more powered rotors (sometimes called proprotors) mounted on rotating shafts or nacelles usually at the ends of a fixed wing.

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Tiltwing

A tiltwing aircraft features a wing that is horizontal for conventional forward flight and rotates up for vertical takeoff and landing.

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Titanium

Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.

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Turboshaft

A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft horsepower rather than jet thrust.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United Nations Special Commission

United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was an inspection regime created by the United Nations to ensure Iraq's compliance with policies concerning Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction after the Gulf War.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States invasion of Grenada

The United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada, north of Venezuela at dawn on 25 October 1983.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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United States Secretary of Defense

The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

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Upper Swabia

Upper Swabia (Oberschwaben or Schwäbisches Oberland) is a region in Germany in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.

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VFW-Fokker

VFW-Fokker GmbH was a joint venture of Fokker and Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) started in 1969 that, from then on, controlled the ERNO initiative.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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VMM-263

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263) is a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron consisting of MV-22B Osprey transport aircraft.

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VMM-362

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 (VMM-362) is a United States Marine Corps squadron that operates MV-22 Osprey.

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VMM-363

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (VMM-363) is a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron consisting of MV-22B Ospreys.

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Waldbröl

Waldbröl is a town in the southern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis (upper Berg county), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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War of Attrition

The War of Attrition (Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; Milḥemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from 1967 to 1970.

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Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from 6 to 25 October 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria.

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Yucatán

Yucatán (also,,; Yúukatan), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán (Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

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.50 BMG

The.50 BMG (.50 Browning Machine Gun), also known as 12.7×99mm NATO, and designated as the 50 Browning by the C.I.P., is a 1 caliber cartridge developed for the M2 Browning heavy machine gun in the late 1910s, entering official service in 1921.

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114 Squadron (Israel)

The 114 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, also known as the Night Leaders Squadron, is a helicopter squadron of CH-53-2000 Sea Stallions based at Tel Nof Airbase.

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118 Squadron (Israel)

The 118 Squadron is an active helicopter squadron of the Israeli Air Force and is part of the Participation & Helicopter Group, based at Tel Nof Airbase.

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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 the 10-member flight crew).

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1989 Mount Carmel forest fire

The Mount Carmel Forest Fire was a forest fire that occurred between 19 and 22 September 1989 on Mount Carmel in northern Israel and was one of the largest forest fires in Israel, the largest being the Mount Carmel forest fire of 2010.

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1997 Israeli helicopter disaster

The 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster (lit) occurred on February 4, 1997, when two Israeli Air Force transport helicopters ferrying Israeli soldiers into Israel's security zone in southern Lebanon collided in mid-air, killing all 73 Israeli military personnel on board.

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1999 Galtür avalanche

The Galtür avalanche occurred on 23 February 1999 in the Alpine village of Galtür, Austria.

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2006 Lebanon War

The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War (حرب تموز, Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War (מלחמת לבנון השנייה, Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Golan Heights.

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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 in Romania.

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21st Special Operations Squadron

The 21st Special Operations Squadron is a unit within the 353rd Special Operations Wing, United States Air Force based at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

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35th Paratroopers Brigade (Israel)

The 35th "Paratroopers" Brigade (חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, Hativat HaTzanhanim) is an Israeli military airborne infantry brigade.

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3rd Marine Littoral Regiment

The 3d Marine Littoral Regiment (3d MLR) is a regiment of the United States Marine Corps that is optimized for littoral maneuver in the Indo-Pacific Theater.

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601st Bombardment Squadron

The 601st Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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7.62×51mm NATO

The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 7.62 NATO) is a rimless, straight walled, bottlenecked rifle cartridge.

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See also

1960s United States helicopters

1960s United States military transport aircraft

Search and rescue helicopters

Sikorsky H-53

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53_Sea_Stallion

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