The 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster occurred on February 4, 1997, when two Israeli Air Force transport helicopters ferrying Israeli soldiers into Israel's security zone in southern Lebanon collided i
The remains of one of the crashed helicopters
Israeli soldiers inspecting wreckage
A piece of helicopter wreckage
Bodies of victims being readied for transport
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
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The CH-53 Sea Stallion is a family of American heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. The Sea Stallion was developed in response to a March
1997 Israeli helicopter disaster
…policy was changed as the threat of roadside bombs increased. As a result, Israel increasingly began ferrying soldiers by air into southern Lebanon. Two Sikorsky S-65C-3 Yas'ur 2000 helicopters, 357 and 903, were assigned on a mission to fly Israeli soldiers and munitions into southern Lebanon, originally scheduled for February 3…
A CH-53D Sea Stallion with HMH-362, lands on FOB Edinburgh, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
The YCH-53A prototype, 1964
A USMC CH-53A
HMH-362 CH-53Ds landing