We have a Ch-3e, USAF S/N 65-5690, Jolly 45, at the McClellan Aero Space Museum in Sacramento, CA. I am the crew chief and I am looking for photos of this aircraft in flight or on the ground from 1965 to 1993. It was put in the museum in 1993 so photos after that are plentiful. If you flew in this Jolly or any other stop by when your in town.

I enjoyed working on the CH-3 and HH-3 in Ethopia, Africa
and Brazil, S. America 1964 thru 1968. We flew three of
the helicopters from Topeka, Kansas (Forbes AFB). What a
trip. Was used in the mapping of Ethopia.

Worked on the "jolly from 1967-1969 @ NKP RTAB with the 21st helicopter sq., later attached to 21st Special Ops. Great Ride and easy to maintain.

My dad was a member of the 302nd... Mike Kavanaugh. He passed away in 2001 but my mom, Maggie is doing well in Florence (no she is not in prison). I had such good memories as a kid coming out to Luke... A lot of these names ring a bell. I hope all is well.

Hi guys, hope you won't mind me chipping in, but thought you might find this of interest. In 1975 I was a sergeant serving in the British army surface to air missiles. I had the honour of flying in the CH63 at the Paris air show. Skiorsky flight crew took over a Jolly green Giant from the the American air base at Woodbridge and we joined up with them to train for the air show. We had to lay on a demo to show how the CH could carry a Land Rover and Rapier missile launcher. Every day Jim would take off and show what the CH could do. He would then land in the middle of the run way and we would deploy the launcher. I'm 60 now but still remember those days with great affection.

I was in the 302nd at luke for a few years as a reservist.It was a great unit and the sunday afternoon parties we legendary. Things got sad after the loss of the chopper at Ghila Bend which killed our squadron commander and the green berets on a training mission.The ch-3 was a great old bird. I remember the one called patches which had over 50 patches on it from Viet Nam.

I was a passenger in a Jolly Green from Marble Mtn to Phubai...what power and a smooth ride too. We went 75 miles in a matter of minutes! I'll never forget that ride!!!

I was NCOIC of Intel with the 302nd, but wasn't on scene when they ferried so many off the MGM grand. If you saw the people jumping from the World Trade Center, you'll understand the importance of immediate action as the flames flowed up. I'm proud to have been present when Jerry Fletcher and the others were awarded the medal for their heroism, as a chopper will fall like a rock when it hits that thinner, superheated air, even when not overloaded. By '75, 676 didn't have a sheet of aluminum on her that wasn't replaced or patched at least once. She saved more lives than can fit in her, and only looked black during when there weren't any US choppers upcountry. Any photos of a CH-3 in Long Chieng were probably just airbrushed there by those Pathet Lao pranksters as propaganda to make poor President Nixon look insincere.

To all that have served THANK YOU.... My father flew them with the 21st SOS and 302nd (luke)

yes I was a FE on one for 20 years with the 302nd SOS and air sea rescue

I know a pilot named Dave Ellis And yes I was a FE on the CH3 in Las Vagas and recived a Distinguisehed Flying Cross for my part in the rescue

Pony Express, at Udorn RTAFB, and I've been trying to find a desk model but with no luck.

Anyone in the 302 SOS at the time of the MGM Grand fire? If so, where you there? Did you know Dave Ellis?

Anyone in the 302 SOS at the time of the MGM Grand fire? If so, where you there? Did you know Dave Ellis?

I flew the HH-3E in 1966 out of Udorn. I still run through the start up and procedures in my head after all these years. Believe I could still fly one!!

i used to work on and fly on hh-3e and the ch model with the 129RQW

Amazing Thing. some time i just wonder, how human's mind works. Really Nature is above all

it is great!

I flew as aircrew in the Coast Guard HH-3F at CGAS Puerto Rico & Astoria, Oregon. We did a lot of searches and rescues from the HH-3F and it always performed well.

I flew as aircrew in the Coast Guard HH-3F at CGAS Puerto Rico & Astoria, Oregon. We did a lot of searches and rescues from the HH-3F and it always performed well.

I was a member of the 302. I have pictures of our unit at the lake. I live in maryland now.

I was flight engineer on the Ch-3 at Luke AFB,AZ,302 SOS been trying to fine pictures of 302 and aircraft. 1978-1980. Mine all burned in house fire. Also would like to hear from people that were in that unit then.

Don't have any personal experience with the Jolly Green, but understand that "BAT 21" included one flown by a good friend, Cpt John Call, of Silver Spring, MD., and who died during a crash on that mission. We grew up together. Anyone know him?

The crash site of Jolly 71 was found during the successful search for the crash site of Jolly 23. I know the A/C of Jolly 71, Major Holly Bell's remains were repatriated in 1989, but I have found no reference to efforts by CILHI to visit and possibly recover the remains of the other crew members of Jolly 71. Can any one out there clarify if or why not the recovery effort has or has not occured?? Thanks.

love the herby sound just sight forgot sound.

hello, help please. i need measurements of the interiors and doors of several helicopters. can you tell me where i might find the specs? i am working on a movie for sony pictures.

thank you...

Corrected; MATT and 2004

Art you may know this already but Matt Kirkpatrick passed away in 2004. I have been e-mailing several people one who left a Pony at Lima Site 85. He is now a professor at Ca Poly. Myself and James G.A. Smith contributed the historical data for the H3's on the Golly Green site. Jim and I were members of the 302 SOS and 71 SOS which flew H3's for Like AFB and DMAFB from 1977 to 1995. All of our aircraft were for the Vietnam conflict. One sits at the Wright-Patterson muesum. You may know her, 676, Black Maria. Yes we flew them in Desert Storm except for 676 which was ferried there a month after we deployed.

Art you may know this already but Mtt Kirkpatrick passed away in 1994. I have been e-mailing several people one who left a Pony at Lima Site 85. He is now a professor at Ca Poly. Myself and James G.A. Smith contributed the historical data for the H3's on the Golly Green site. Jim and I were members of the 302 SOS and 71 SOS which flew H3's for Like AFB and DMAFB from 1977 to 1995. All of our aircraft were for the Vietnam conflict. One sits at the Wright-Patterson muesum. You may know her, 676, Black Maria. Yes we flew them in Desert Storm except for 676 which was ferried there a month after we deployed.

Chris

I flew the CH-3 in South East Asia 1967-68 with the 20th SOS, Pony Express, at Udorn RTAFB, and I've been trying to find a desk model but with no luck.