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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:SH-3G Sea King
    Last Military Serial:151523 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N523AW
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky SH-3G sn 151523 USN cr N52...
    Latest Owner or Location:Carson Helicopters, Perkasie Helliport, Perkasie, Pennsylvania

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HSS-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151523.

    1962

    Redesignated as SH-3A.

    Converted to a SH-3G.

    2 November 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 9H0038.

    4 August 2010

    To US Department of State, Patrick AFB, FL with new c/r N523AW.

    To Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    To Carson Helicopters, Perkasie Helliport, Perkasie, PA.
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    13 March 2017

    Civil registration, N523AW, cancelled.
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