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US Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon Helicopter Helicopter - "White 00", Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 "Black Stallions", NAS Sigonella, Sicily, Italy

Panzerkampf US Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon Helicopter Helicopter - "White 00", Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 "Black Stallions", NAS Sigonella, Sicily, Italy


 
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4Panzerkampf PZK14040PB00 US Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon Helicopter Helicopter - "White 00", Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 "Black Stallions", NAS Sigonella, Sicily, Italy (1:72 Scale) "I can't promise you that I will bring you all home alive, but this I swear: I will be the first one to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off. And I will leave no one behind. Dead, or alive, we all come home together. So help me God."
- Colonel Hal Moore, from the feature film "We Were Soldiers"

The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force. The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion. The HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant" was initially developed to replace the HH-3E "Jolly Green Giant". The U.S. Air Force's MH-53J/M fleet was retired in September 2008.

The US Air Force ordered 72 HH-53B and HH-53C variants for Search and Rescue units during the Vietnam War, and later developed the MH-53J Pave Low version for Special Operations missions.

The Pave Low's mission was low-level, long-range, undetected penetration into denied areas, day or night, in adverse weather, for infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces. Pave Lows often worked in conjunction with MC-130H Combat Talon for navigation, communications and combat support, and with MC-130P Combat Shadow for in-flight refueling.

The large green airframe of the HH-53B earned it the nickname "Super Jolly Green Giant". This name is a reference to the smaller HH-3E "Jolly Green Giant", a stretched variant of the H-3 Sea King, used in the Vietnam War for combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) operations.

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a US Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon heavy lift helicopter that was assigned to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 "Black Stallions", then deployed to NAS Sigonella, Sicily, Italy. Pre-order! Ship Date: January 2025.

Dimensions:
Rotor Span: 10-inches
Length: 10-inches

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Historical Account: "Black Stallions" - Helicopter Combat Support Squadron FOUR (HC-4) was a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia. Nicknamed the "Black Stallions", they flew the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion and MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters.

World events in 2004 kept the Black Stallion on the move. Vice President Cheney was personally transported by the Black Stallions while later that year the squadron supported President Bush's attendance at a NATO Summit in Turkey. HC-4 also provided transport for the U.S. Ambassador to NATO and Secretary of Defense personnel at a second NATO conference in Romania.

HC-4 has always served a vital role in the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, most recently while operating a detachment out of Fujairah, U.A.E. All Black Stallion pilots and aircrew trained to become the first night-vision device (NVD) qualified squadron in the MH-53. After training, the squadron deployed in direct support of the War on Terror and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Since their commissioning, the "Black Stallions" of HC-4 have received numerous personal and unit awards. They include two European Region National Defense Transportation Association awards, three Golden Anchor and one Silver Anchor awards for retention, five Navy Unit commendations, three Meritorious Unit Commendations, three Navy Battle "E" Efficiency awards, a Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Award.

HC-4 was previously home-based at Naval Air Station Sigonella, located in Sicily, Italy. The squadron completed a homeport change to Naval Station Norfolk in 2005-06.

Features
  • Diecast construction
  • Spinning rotorblades
  • Rotorblades can be folded into a stowed position
  • Plexiglass canopy
  • Accurate markings and insignia
  • Comes with metal display stand

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