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HH-53D Super Jolly Green Giant Model Helicopter
Scale: 1/48
Length: 19.5"
Wingspan: 18.25"
Code: MCSS09W061
Delivery 7 to 10 days
It was developed to replace the HH-3 "Jolly Green Giant". The HH-53s were later upgraded as MH-53 Pave Low series. The United States Air Force's MH-53J/M fleet was retired in September 2008.
The US Air Force ordered HH-53B and HH-53C variants for Search and Rescue units, and developed the MH-53J Pave Low version for Special Operations missions.
The Pave Low's mission is 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 work in conjunction with MC-130H Combat Talon for navigation, communications and combat support, and with MC-130P Combat Shadow for inflight refueling.
Although officially known as the Stallion, 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.
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