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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:HH-3E Jolly Green Giant
    Last Military Serial:64-14230 USAF
    Construction Number:61-533
    Last Civil Registration:N4263F
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HH-3E sn 64-14230 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-3E.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-14230.

    From By 1965 to September 1967

    To Udorn RTAFB, Thailand.

    September 1967

    Transferred to 38th ARRS, Nakhon Phanom RTNB, Thailand.

    By November 1974

    Transferred to 305th ARRS, Selfridge ANGB, MI.

    Transferred to 301st ARRS, Homestead AFB, FL.

    11 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: HH-3E, believed assigned to the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, at the 1979 Homestead AFB Open House. Florida.

    From By 1988 to 1992

    Transferred to 305th ARRS, Selfridge ANGB, MI.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number HH029.

    15 November 1994

    To Carson Helicopters Inc, Grants Pass, OR with new c/r N4263F.

    Based at Carson Helicopters, Perkasie Helliport, Perkasie, PA.
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    29 April 2017


    Photographer: Paulo Abadesso

    13 February 2018

    Civil registration, N4263F, cancelled.

    21 September 2022

    Placed on display with United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.
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    27 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    27 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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     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
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Helis.com
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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