1945 to 1953

Sikorsky S-51 / R-5 / H-5
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US Air Force S-51 / R-5 / H-5

The Sikorsky H-5 was the first helicopter widely used by the Air Force, and the first to carry out combat rescues during the Korean War. Initially called the R-5, the first helicopter in this series made its maiden flight August 18, 1943. In March 1944 the US Army Air Forces ordered 26 YR-5As for service testing and in February 1945 the first of them was delivered. In 1948, when the Air Force overhauled its system for naming aircraft it replaced the R for rotorcraft category with H for helicopter. By 1952, the H-5 was being phased out of the Air Force inventory.



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YearsUnitsBase
195338 RQS JP Misawa Air Base
1952/5554 ARRSCA CFB Goose Bay
195241st RQSHamilton AFB closed 1974



List of Aircraft


C/NModBuiltID     In this OrgIn other Org
51-127 48-0548 To USAF c 1950; disposed of Jun 1961
- N9845Z: Reg N9845Z; de-reg Jun 1981.
- 48-0548: to Pima AS Museum, AZ by May 2009
51-183 49-1999 USAF H-5H-SI; 1960s pictured unk location; to civ; 1994 as N14528; 11dec08 canc...
51-184 49-2000 USAF H-5H-SI


    No longer with this org.




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