Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King

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medium‑lift helicopter military helicopter presidential transport aircraft twin‑engine helicopter

The Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King is a twin-engine, medium-lift helicopter used by the United States Marine Corps as a presidential transport aircraft.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
VH-3D Sea King 3
Sikorsky SH‑3 Sea King 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medium‑lift helicopter ⓘ
military helicopter ⓘ
presidential transport aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine helicopter ⓘ
airframeMaterial metal ⓘ
basedOn CH-124 Sea King ⓘ
surface form: Sikorsky S‑61
callSignWhenPresidentOnboard Marine One ⓘ
callSignWhenVicePresidentOnboard Marine Two ⓘ
capacity Secret Service agents ⓘ
president of the United States ⓘ
senior staff ⓘ
category United States military helicopters ⓘ
helicopters of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 5 ⓘ
crewRole communications specialist ⓘ
copilot ⓘ
crew chief ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
security personnel ⓘ
engineType turboshaft ⓘ
enteredService 1970s ⓘ
hasFeature ballistic protection ⓘ
executive interior ⓘ
in‑flight communications with White House ⓘ
secure communications suite ⓘ
self‑defense systems ⓘ
introducedAsPresidentialTransport 1970s ⓘ
landingGearType amphibious hull with sponsons ⓘ
manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft (until divestiture) ⓘ
surface form: Sikorsky Aircraft
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operator HMX-1 ⓘ
surface form: HMX‑1
primaryUser Marine Helicopter Squadron One ⓘ
role VIP transport ⓘ
executive transport ⓘ
presidential transport ⓘ
rotorConfiguration single main rotor ⓘ
status being replaced ⓘ
successor VH-92A Patriot ⓘ
surface form: Sikorsky VH‑92A
tailRotorConfiguration single tail rotor ⓘ
usedAs Marine One ⓘ
usedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy for VIP transport ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
usedFor short‑range presidential travel ⓘ
transport between White House and Andrews Air Force Base ⓘ
transport to Camp David ⓘ
transport to presidential events ⓘ
variantOf Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sikorsky SH‑3 Sea King

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HMX-1 → aircraftTypeOperated → Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King ⓘ
this entity surface form: VH-3D Sea King
Marine Helicopter Squadron One → operatesAircraft → Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King ⓘ
this entity surface form: VH-3D Sea King
VH-92A Patriot → replaces → Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King ⓘ
this entity surface form: VH-3D Sea King
Marine One → typicalAircraftModel → Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King ⓘ
Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King → variantOf → Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikorsky SH‑3 Sea King