So what's it like flying inside a hulking U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon, the biggest, heaviest helicopter in the Western world? "It's a Cadillac. It's a boat, I would say, like an Oldsmobile maybe?" ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The worst MH-53 crash occurred in 1988. Eight sailors died. Among other incidents, MH-53Es also crashed in 2000, twice in 2002, once in 2003 and... Here’s What You ...

The U.S. Navy's MH-53E Sea Dragons, originally designed to pull mine countermeasures equipment through the water, will be modified for Marine Corps assault support in Iraq under a program started in ...

U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter arrives at Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter performs a series of photo passes and gets a water cannon salute before a ...

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it had signed a deal with Japan to buy components from two decommissioned, U.S.-built MH-53E heavy-lift helicopters operated by the Asian ...

Naval Aviation Training Systems program office, also known as PMA-205, and industry partners have developed a portable, desktop trainer, or DTT, to assist Sea Dragon pilots with navigation, ...

An MH-53E Sea Dragon from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 flies near guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) transiting the Arabian Gulf during large-scale mine countermeasures ...

As the recent loss of two sailors’ lives and a Sikorsky MH-53E “Sea Dragon” helicopter off the Virginia coast shows, there are no routine U.S. Navy aviation missions. Daytime training mishaps such as ...

Two crew members died after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed off the Virginia coast Wednesday. Two others are injured, and a fifth person remains missing. The helicopter -- a MH-53E Sea Dragon-- sent a ...

A MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to the Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron-15 crashed 58 miles southwest of Muscat, Oman, Thursday, and the fate of the five-person crew was not immediately ...

The primary objective of Sea Dragon 23 was high-competency demonstration and practice of advanced ASW integrated training alongside allied and partner nations committed to the team effort of ...