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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:CH-3E Jolly Green Giant
    Last Military Serial:64-14226 USAF
    Construction Number:61-529
    Last Civil Registration:N81701
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-3E sn 64-14226 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Carson Helicopters Inc, Grants Pass, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    1965

    Constructed as a CH-3C by Sikorsky at Bridgeport, Connecticut.

    26 February 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-14226.

    3 November 1965

    Involved in an incident.
    Ground accident.

    Circa February 1966

    Converted to a CH-3E.

    1966

    Transferred to 100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Det 10, South Vietnam.

    1967

    Base of operations changed.
    Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    24 June 1968

    Crashed.
    No details of crash given in source.

    From 17 July 1968 to 27 November 1968

    Transferred to Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, NM.

    27 November 1968

    Transferred to 100th SRW, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    16 April 1969

    Transferred to 100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Det 10, Vietnam.

    Transferred to 100th SRW, 432nd Tactical Drone Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    From 15 February 1979 to 23 April 1986

    Transferred to 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing, Det 5, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    2 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: CH-3E of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing seen at Tyndall AFB in November 1979.

    2 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: CH-3E of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing seen at Tyndall AFB in November 1979.

    23 April 1986

    Transferred to Naval Air Rework Facility, NAS Pensacola, FL.

    Circa June 1986

    Transferred to 39th ARRW, Det 5, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    13 October 1987

    Transferred to 301st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Holmstead AFB, FL.

    Circa 1990

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum, the USAF, Wright Field, Wright Patterson AFB, OH.

    Markings Applied: AF 64, 507th WG, SR

    30 March 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    1992

    Scrapped.
    The airframe may not be been scrapped. It may have been used as a spare parts source.

    Circa 1992

    To Carson Helicopters, Perkasie Helliport, Perkasie, PA.
    View the Location Dossier

    30 March 1995

    To Carson Helicopters Inc, Grants Pass, OR with new c/r N81701.

    8 September 2017

    Civil registration, N81701, cancelled.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    United States Military Aircraft Since 1909 by Swanborough and Bowers
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Helis.com
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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