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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-65 / H-53
    Latest Model:MH-53E Sea Dragon
    Last Military Serial:164864 USN
    Construction Number:65-620
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky MH-53E sn 164864 USN cn 65...
    Latest Owner or Location:Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14), NAS Norfolk, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a MH-53E.

    Circa 1993

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 164864.

    From By November 1997 to After June 1998

    Transferred to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14), NAS Norfolk, VA.
    Operated with markings: BJ-555

    By 2000

    Transferred to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron HC-4, NAS Sigonella, Sicily, Italy.
    Operated with markings: BLACK STALLIONS, HC-00

    5 August 2004


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: MH-53E Sea Dragon, callsign Navy Juliet Mike Zero One Yankee, of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron HC-4 based at Sigonella, Sicily on a visit to Carlisle in the Summer of 2004.

    5 August 2004


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: MH-53E Sea Dragon, callsign Navy Juliet Mike Zero One Yankee, of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron HC-4 based at Sigonella, Sicily on a visit to Carlisle in the Summer of 2004.

    From By May 2007 to April 2019

    Transferred to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14), NAS Norfolk, VA.
    Operated with markings: VANGUARD, BJ-547

    18 June 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    18 June 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    20 June 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    20 June 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    15 October 2011


    Photographer: Hugh Dodson
    Notes: USN Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon of HM-14 Vanguard 164864 BJ-547. at NAS China Lake
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Helis.com
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Hugh Dodson
    Peter Nicholson
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