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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

2 engines makes that an H-53.

And yes, the USAF was flying them during Vietnam.

In 1984, tail #796 still had patches on its skin. Those patches covered bullet holes encountered during a rescue mission like the one above.

All six of our HH-53s served in theater. Between 86 and 87 they were reconfigured to MH-53 Pav-Lo.
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The vid is a little too "Gushy" for me.
I live in Kerrville, and have the blessing of being at the crux of the X for the October 2023 and April 2024 eclipses. Our ham club is doing two different things: We have a 2m ham radio network set up for all the County Rural Fire Departments, for coms and dispatching, in cooperation with the Sheriff's Dept, (due to expected influx of triple our usual population, and potential Cell Phone outages), and propagation studies, with a number of HF radios, all tied in together at our club ham shack. My family is flying in ahead of the rush, doing a bit of Axis hunting, and then sitting in our front yard or at the Club Shack for the event. It will be cool, but not as gushy. And the grand kids have to write science papers for school to get credit for their absence.
 
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