Detailed history and photos of helicopter Sikorsky HH-53B Serial 65-073 Register 66-14429 used by US Air Force USAF Track service timeline and current status.
429 was the first 53 I worked on Arke was the crew chief that was fall 1973, I was chosen by someone to go to crew chief school in early spring 1974, I still have my certificate, 431 was my aircraft before anyone knew about the movie and well before the paint job, the tdy for the movie was exceptional
During incentive rides, pilot was landing when nose pitched extremely high resulting a tail strike. Aircraft began to spin out of control with the tail rotor not functioning but was immediately set down without further incident. Vance AFB
