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MH-53 Sea Dragon crash

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E5B

E5B

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It's never easy to read about something like this.

Sea Dragon? Is that what the Navy calls the MH-53E? I could have sworn it was the Super Stallion but I've been wrong before.
 
xj220

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Yeah, a det just got back only a couple months ago. I think the Sea Dragon and Super Stallion are basically similar except the Dragon has larger fuel tanks on the side and is made more for MCM, but I could be wrong.
 
FLYTPAY

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3 dead, 1 in the hospital per Today Show on NBC. Thoughts and Prayers with all involved.
 
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xj220 said:
Yeah, a det just got back only a couple months ago. I think the Sea Dragon and Super Stallion are basically similar except the Dragon has larger fuel tanks on the side and is made more for MCM, but I could be wrong.
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Yes, the primary difference between the USN MH-53E Sea Dragon and the USMC CH-53E is the enlarged fuel sponsons. The MH however does not utilize external fuel tanks like the CH does. It includes a more advanced avionics package and of course the specialized ASW electronics. The airforce also operates a series of MH-53J Pave Low for special operation missions. The 53J however is much more similar to the CH-53E then the MH-53E with the exception of the avionics platform.
 
Nose

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NPR reporting that the wreckage came down near a TV tower and light from the top of the tower is in the wreckage.

God bless those guys and thier families.
 
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