VXX, officially the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program, is a procurement program to replace aging Marine One helicopters that transport the president of the United States. The current VH-3 he
A Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King and VH-60N
A VH-71 test aircraft at Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, October 2005
A developmental Sikorsky VH-92A helicopter conducts landing and take-off testing at the White House South Lawn in September 2018
The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is an American twin-engine anti-submarine warfare helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. A landmark design, it was one of the first ASW rotorcraft to use turbos
VXX
…Replacement Program, is a procurement program to replace aging Marine One helicopters that transport the president of the United States. The current VH-3 helicopters have aging airframes, having entered service with United States Marine Corps Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) in 1963. The VH-3D…
A U.S. Navy SH-3H Sea King
SH-3 Sea King dipping a sonar, 1983
XHSS-2 Sea King prototype
SH-3As of HS-6 above Kearsarge in the early 1960s