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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:VH-3D Sea King
    Last Military Serial:159358 USMC
    Construction Number:61-732
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky VH-3D sn 159358 USMC cn 61...
    Latest Owner or Location:George H W Bush Museum and Library, College Station, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a VH-3D.

    Circa 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 159358.

    Circa 1976

    Transferred to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1), MCAF Quantico, VA.

    From After June 1988 to By September 1998

    Transferred to Executive Transport Test Team, Naval Rotary Wing Aircraft Test Squadron, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    After June 1988

    Converted to a NVH-3D.
    For temporary testing of developmental software.

    By September 1998

    Converted to a VH-3D.

    From By September 1998 to After March 2021

    Transferred to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1), MCAF Quantico, VA.

    17 June 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA in support of visit by President Bush.

    Circa 2022

    To National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Triangle, VA.
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    27 February 2024

    Loaned to George W Bush Presidential Center, Dallas, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    June 2024

    Loaned to George H W Bush Museum and Library, College Station, TX.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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