| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 152520 |
| Alternate Serial: | 2520 |
| Military Code: | BR-40 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vertol 107 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing Vertol 107/H-46 Sea Knight |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing Vertol HH-46D Sea Knight |
| C/n (msn): | 2141 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | HC-8 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KNTU IATA: NTU Local: NTU Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 19 September 1987 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 251410 |
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Some 50 HH-46A SAR helicopters were upgraded to HH-46D. The upgrades included an external rescue hoist near the front crew door on right hand side and a Doppler radar located behind the nose landing gear, which provided for automatic, day/night, over-water hovering capability. Additionally a "Loud Hailer" was installed opposite the crew entrance door for communicating with downed aviators on the ground or in the water. This Delta belonged to Helicopter Combat Support (HC) 8 'Dragon Whales', a squadron that was redesignated into HSC-28 on 13 May 2005 when it started operating the MH-60S. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 8 June 2020, and has since been viewed 692 times. |