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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:CH-3E Jolly Green Giant
    Last Military Serial:65-5690 USAF
    Construction Number:61-541
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-3E sn 65-5690 USAF cn 6...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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    Dates

    Event

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

    1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-5690.

    December 1965

    Transferred to 2nd Air Division (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut AFB, Vietnam.

    April 1966

    Transferred to 377th Combat Support Group (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut AFB.

    September 1966

    Transferred to 20th Helicopter Squadron (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut.

    December 1966

    Transferred to 14th AF Communications Wing (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut.

    July 1968

    Transferred to Nha Trang AFB, Vietnam.

    August 1968

    Transferred to 14th Special Operations Wing (PACAF), Udorn AFB, Thailand.

    Converted to a CH-3E.

    Transferred to 56th Special Operations Wing (PACAF), Udorn AFB.

    August 1971

    Transferred to 355th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    Transferred to 432nd Technical Operations Group (TAC).

    30 January 1979

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number HH0017.

    October 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-5690.

    October 1979

    Transferred to AF Flight Testing Center (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA.

    Transferred to 129th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group (ANG), Moffet AFB, CA.

    25 September 1990

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to the 55th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron (MAC), McClellan AFB, California.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan, CA.

    25 September 1990

    Placed on display with Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    26 May 2007


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Waiting for a visit at McClellan AFB, CA

    11 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    31 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Aerospace Museum of California, Sacramento, CA.

    30 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at McClellan, CA, U.S.A
    Credits
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     Aerospace Museum of California
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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