Table of Contents
81 relations: Aerial refueling, Air Force Armament Museum, Apollo command and service module, Apollo program, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, Cambodia, Combat search and rescue, Doppler radar, Eglin Air Force Base, Extraction (military), Forward-looking infrared, Gatling gun, General Electric T64, Global Positioning System, Helicopter, Hill Aerospace Museum, Hurlburt Field, Inertial navigation system, Infiltration tactics, Iraq War, Jonestown, KH-8 Gambit 3, Khmer Rouge, Kirtland Air Force Base, Laos, List of active United States military aircraft, List of military electronics of the United States, List of rotorcraft, Lockheed MC-130, M134 Minigun, M2 Browning, Maxwell Air Force Base, Mayaguez incident, MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Military Airlift Command, Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins), NACA airfoil, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Navigation, Night-vision device, Operation Eagle Claw, Operation Ivory Coast, Over-the-horizon radar, Panama, PAVE, Pima Air & Space Museum, Radar, RAF Cosford, ... Expand index (31 more) »
- 1960s United States helicopters
- Sikorsky H-53
Aerial refueling
Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Aerial refueling
Air Force Armament Museum
The Air Force Armament Museum is a military aviation museum adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso, Florida, dedicated to the display of Air Force armament.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Air Force Armament Museum
Apollo command and service module
The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Apollo command and service module
Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Apollo program
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
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 MH-53 and Boeing CH-47 Chinook are 1960s United States helicopters, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Boeing CH-47 Chinook
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Cambodia
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Combat search and rescue
Doppler radar
A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Doppler radar
Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Eglin Air Force Base
Extraction (military)
In military tactics, extraction is the process of removing personnel or units from an area; when conducted with stealth in an area controlled by the enemy, this is referred to as exfiltration.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Extraction (military)
Forward-looking infrared
Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras, typically used on military and civilian aircraft, use a thermographic camera that senses infrared radiation.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Forward-looking infrared
Gatling gun
The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Gatling gun
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and General Electric T64
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Global Positioning System
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Helicopter
Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum is a military aviation museum located at Hill Air Force Base in Roy, Utah.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Hill Aerospace Museum
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately west of the town of Mary Esther.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Hurlburt Field
Inertial navigation system
An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external references.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Inertial navigation system
Infiltration tactics
In warfare, infiltration tactics involve small independent light infantry forces advancing into enemy rear areas, bypassing enemy frontline strongpoints, possibly isolating them for attack by follow-up troops with heavier weapons.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Infiltration tactics
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Iraq War
Jonestown
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American cult under the leadership of Jim Jones.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Jonestown
KH-8 Gambit 3
The KH-8 (BYEMAN codename Gambit-3) was a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites of the "Key Hole" (KH) series used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984, and also known as Low Altitude Surveillance Platform.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and KH-8 Gambit 3
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Khmer Rouge
Kirtland Air Force Base
Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Kirtland Air Force Base
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.
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and List of active United States military aircraft
List of military electronics of the United States
This article lists American military electronic instruments along with brief descriptions.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and List of military electronics of the United States
List of rotorcraft
This is a list of rotorcraft, including helicopters, autogyros, rotor kites and convertiplanes.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and List of rotorcraft
Lockheed MC-130
The Lockheed MC-130 is the basic designation for a family of special mission aircraft operated by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), a wing of the Air Education and Training Command, and an AFSOC-gained wing of the Air Force Reserve Command.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Lockheed MC-130
M134 Minigun
The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute).
See Sikorsky MH-53 and M134 Minigun
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and M2 Browning
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Maxwell Air Force Base
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Mayaguez incident
MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird
The Boeing MH-6M Little Bird (nicknamed the Killer Egg) and its attack variant, the AH-6, are light helicopters used for special operations in the United States Army. Sikorsky MH-53 and MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird are 1960s United States helicopters and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Military Airlift Command
The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is an inactive United States Air Force major command (MAJCOM) that was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Military Airlift Command
Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)
The Museum of Aviation is the second-largest aerospace museum of the United States Air Force.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and NACA airfoil
National Museum of the United States Air Force
The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, Ohio.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and National Museum of the United States Air Force
Navigation
Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Navigation
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Night-vision device
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Operation Eagle Claw
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Operation Ivory Coast
Over-the-horizon radar
Over-the-horizon radar (OTH), sometimes called beyond the horizon radar (BTH), is a type of radar system with the ability to detect targets at very long ranges, typically hundreds to thousands of kilometres, beyond the radar horizon, which is the distance limit for ordinary radar.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Over-the-horizon radar
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.
PAVE
PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems.
Pima Air & Space Museum
The Pima Air & Space Museum is an aerospace museum in Tucson, Arizona, US.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Pima Air & Space Museum
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.
RAF Cosford
Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford (formerly DCAE Cosford) is a Royal Air Force station in Cosford, Shropshire, England just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and RAF Cosford
Real-time computing
Real-time computing (RTC) is the computer science term for hardware and software systems subject to a "real-time constraint", for example from event to system response.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Real-time computing
Reconnaissance satellite
A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Reconnaissance satellite
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Robins Air Force Base
Sơn Tây, Hanoi
Sơn Tây is a district-level town ("thị xã") in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sơn Tây, Hanoi
Search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Search and rescue
Sikorsky Aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky Aircraft
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. Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion are 1960s United States helicopters, Sikorsky H-53, Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter operated by the United States military. Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion are Sikorsky H-53, Sikorsky aircraft and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
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 MH-53 and Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion are Sikorsky H-53, Sikorsky aircraft and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
The Sikorsky MH-60/HH-60 Pave Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk are Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
Sikorsky S-61R
The Sikorsky S-61R is a twin-engine helicopter used in transport or search and rescue roles. Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky S-61R are 1960s United States helicopters, Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky S-61R
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King (company designation S-61) is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King are Sikorsky aircraft, twin-turbine helicopters and United States military helicopters.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
Special forces
Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Special forces
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Special operations
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Sponson
SS Mayaguez
SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that attained notoriety for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and SS Mayaguez
Terrain-following radar
Terrain-following radar (TFR) is a military aerospace technology that allows a very-low-flying aircraft to automatically maintain a relatively constant altitude above ground level and therefore make detection by enemy radar more difficult.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Terrain-following radar
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Texas Instruments
Turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft horsepower rather than jet thrust.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Turboshaft
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and United States Air Force
United States Air Force Pararescue
Pararescuemen (also known as PJs) are United States Air Force special operators who conduct personnel recovery and combat search and rescue operations as well as other missions for the U.S. military and its allies.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and United States Air Force Pararescue
United States invasion of Panama
The United States invaded Panama in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and United States invasion of Panama
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and United States Marine Corps
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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Vietnam War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
The War in Afghanistan was an armed conflict that took place from 2001 to 2021.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
.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.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and .50 BMG
1st Special Operations Wing
The 1st Special Operations Wing (1 SOW) at Hurlburt Field, Florida is one of three United States Air Force active duty Special Operations wings and falls under the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
See Sikorsky MH-53 and 1st Special Operations Wing
20th Special Operations Squadron
The 20th Special Operations Squadron is part of the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. It operates Bell Boeing CV-22 Ospreys on special operations missions. It traces its history back to the activation of the 20th Observation Squadron (Light) at Savannah, Georgia, in March 1942.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and 20th Special Operations Squadron
309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309th AMARG),.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
7.62×51mm NATO
The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 7.62 NATO) is a rimless, straight walled, bottlenecked rifle cartridge.
See Sikorsky MH-53 and 7.62×51mm NATO
See also
1960s United States helicopters
- Bell 206
- Bell 207 Sioux Scout
- Bell 212
- Bell 533
- Bell AH-1 Cobra
- Bell Huey family
- Bell OH-58 Kiowa
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants
- Bell UH-1N Twin Huey
- Bell YOH-4
- Bensen B-12
- Boeing CH-47 Chinook
- Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight
- Brantly 305
- Enstrom F-28
- Fairchild Hiller FH-1100
- Filper Research Beta
- Hiller Ten99
- Hughes OH-6 Cayuse
- Hughes XV-9
- Kaman K-1125
- Kaman SH-2 Seasprite
- List of surviving Sikorsky CH-54s
- Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
- Lockheed XH-51
- MD Helicopters MD 500
- MD Helicopters MD Explorer
- MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird
- Piasecki 16H Pathfinder
- RotorWay Scorpion
- Scheutzow Bee
- Schweizer S300
- Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King
- Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
- Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe
- Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard
- Sikorsky MH-53
- Sikorsky S-61R
- Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane
- Sikorsky S-68
Sikorsky H-53
- Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
- Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
- Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
- Sikorsky H-53
- Sikorsky MH-53
References
Also known as HH-53, HH-53 "Super Jolly", HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant, HH-53B, HH-53C, M Pave Low, MH-53, MH-53 Pave Low, MH-53 Pave Low III, MH-53J, MH-53J Pave Low, MH-53M Pave Low, MH53, PAVE LOW, Pave Low III, Pavelow, Sikorsky HH-53, Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant, Sikorsky HH-53B, Sikorsky HH-53C, Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low, Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low III, Sikorsky MH-53 Sea Dragon, Sikorsky MH-53J, Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low, Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low, Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low IV.