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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:VH-3A Sea King
    Last Military Serial:150617 USN
    Construction Number:61-123
    Latest Owner or Location:Richard Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, Anaheim, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HSS-2Z.
    Built as a VIP transport for the Office of the President.

    1962

    Redesignated as VH-3A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 150617.

    May 1976

    Struck off Strength/Charge.
    Retired.

    16 September 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 9H0002.

    By 2009

    To Richard Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, Anaheim, CA.
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    5 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    5 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger

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