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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:CH-34C Choctaw
    Last Military Serial:57-1705 US
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-34C sn 57-1705 US
    Latest Owner or Location:Travis AFB Aviation Museum, Travis AFB, Vacaville - Fairfield, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-34C.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-1705.

    Based at Sequoia Field Airport, Visalia, CA.
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    To Travis AFB Heritage Center, Travis AFB, Vacaville-Fairfield, CA.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 60 AMW/HOX, Travis AFB, CA.

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Travis AFB.

    To Travis AFB Aviation Museum, Travis AFB, Vacaville-Fairfield, CA.
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    27 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at the National Vietnam War Museum, Mineral Wells, TX
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
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