Sikorsky CH-3 Jolly Green Giant
This download, based on the original Giovanni Quai’s Agusta HH-3F, contains three detailed Sikorsky CH-3 liveries of original helicopters, used by the USAF in the early sixties. •Sikorsky CH-3E USAF/21stHeliSqdr. No.703 ‘DUSTY’.Vietnam War Livery. CH-3E Jolly Green Giant heavy-lift helicopter, introduced in 1962. It was developed for aircrew rescue missions deep into enemy-held territory during the Vietnam War where the helicopters were best known as the “Jolly Green Giants”. This version contains an improved and more detailed livery. •Sikorsky CH-3 USAF 1370th Photographic Mapping Wing, MATS, APCS, Turner AFB, Albany, GA 1959-1966. Bare metal liveries around 1966, No’s. 39686 and 39687. These helicopters were used by the 1370th Photo-Mapping Wing for supply and support of geodetic ground stations in conjunction with aerial surveys. They were assigned to the wing in 1964 and replaced the H-21 “Workhorse”. Both “Jollys” joined the Ethiopia-U.S. Mapping Mission (Project AF58-3), aka Project “King’s Ransom ” in 1964 – 1966, This unique mission was created in order to photograph and map the entire Empire of Ethiopia. If you want to know more about the 1370th Photographic Mapping Wing or photomapping helicopters in general, please visit the very interesting page of Jim Kinter sr.
