Horses for courses
Former US Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion
BuAerNo. 157159/YL11 from HMH-362 Squadron on display at the 2017 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow held at NAS Pensacola, Florida
For several decades, these huge helicopters served the US Marines, US Navy and US Air Force in a variety of guises from Mine-Sweeping duties to Combat Rescue and Special Ops - currently about to be replaced by a similar reworked design featuring new engines and cockpit layout to be known as the CH-53K
In respect of this one - it and several static exhibits there that weekend were inmates of the co-located National Museum of Naval Aviation
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Horses for courses
Former US Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion
BuAerNo. 157159/YL11 from HMH-362 Squadron on display at the 2017 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow held at NAS Pensacola, Florida
For several decades, these huge helicopters served the US Marines, US Navy and US Air Force in a variety of guises from Mine-Sweeping duties to Combat Rescue and Special Ops - currently about to be replaced by a similar reworked design featuring new engines and cockpit layout to be known as the CH-53K
In respect of this one - it and several static exhibits there that weekend were inmates of the co-located National Museum of Naval Aviation
IMG_0898