Posts Tagged ‘1998’

S/N #88-26105S/N #91-26359 Two HH-60G’s Pave Hawks #’s 88-26105 & 91-26359 (Call signs “Jolly 38 & 39”) of the 66th RQS at Nellis AFB, NV., collided in midair and crashed, 25 miles north of Indian Springs, NV., just west of Quartz Peak in the Pintwater Mountain Range, during a routine night training mission killing all…

S/N #66-14431 An MH-53J originally from the 551st SOS, but assigned to MCAS Cherry Point for depot level maintenance was destroyed by a USMC pilot on an acceptance check flight. It took off into a hover, but had no oil in the intermediate gear box, which subsequently seized up. The oil level gauge was stained…

UH-1N, S/N 69-6616 69-6616: 36 RQF (Rescue Flight) w/o 05 Jun 98. No other details are available at this time.