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MH-53E Sea Dragon

Naval helicopter for airborne mine countermeasures and heavy lift.

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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force MH-53E Sea Dragon in flight

Photo: Rob Schleiffert from Holland via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized and reencoded as WebP with metadata removed; no additional crop. Derivative shared under the same license.

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  1. 1.
    OtherThis is the Navy's Largest Helicopter | MH-53 Sea Dragon

    Sam Eckholm · Jan 30, 2021 · Supports: System · name

    “Sea Dragon”
  2. 2.
    Government recordMH-53E Sea Dragon | NAVAIR

    Supports: System

    “The MH-53E has two primary missions; Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) and Navy heavy lift/Vertical Onboard Delivery (VOD).”

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