H-53 Reference photos for 2020!!

Forum Friends, I have taken the last few days, week to comb through all of the great resources here on this forum. As some of you may know I am sorta a "fan" of the Sikorsky H-53. I worked on her, flew her, tested her from 1985 - 2018. I also have been working on a project of trying to get a photo of each BuNo delivered to the USMC and USN. I have a complete listing of all of the H-53 contracts and subsequent serial numbers assigned by the factory since contract award in 1965.

Hello Andyf117, I have that particular issue and the caption is wrong for that image, i.e., the Marines do not fly the MCM mission, nor do they have the MH-53E. With that said, I had contacted the author about that specific image, but I never received a response. Attached is a unique RH-53D from HMH-769 who played red air for MAWTS-1. The big red star was added to the four helicopters just before they departed for Yuma. I have interesting stories from the squadron CO and OPsO about tho