Rescue of downed Navy Seahawk by Marine King Stallion

Marines recover equipment at Inyo National Forest, California, Oct. 20, 2023. (Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike/Marine Corps)

[@DougPoulton]

Mountain recovery can be a real challenge for both the air and ground crews. Those guys make it look easy and it's good training. Well done.

[@Lochlann13]

The sheer size of the King Stallion always blows me away. It seems incredible that such an enormous object could ever fly.

[@JPF123]

King was the correct name.

[@Duckfootdewey]

Yes, it’s an absolutely amazing piece of machinery, but $90,000,000 per helicopter is totally insane.

[@Bearfight]

Wait till you see super stallion

[@ioandragulescu6063]

and then there is the Mil Mi-26....

[@section8usmc53]

​@@BearfightWhat do you mean? The Super Stallion is the E model. This is the K, the successor.

[@rs232killer]

More salvage than rescue, but still, impressive.

[@Bearfight]

thanks for that clarification. I wouldn't have ever guessed.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Nah, needs a new tail, new rotor assembly and a paint job and it’ll be back in service

[@thadlm2698]

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606More like it will need a completely new drivetrain system with that level of sudden stoppage damage.

[@bobsch-gd6ze]

dont forget the 20 minute buff job and she'll look like new@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606

[@anthonybush607]

The King Stallion is a beast of a helicopter. My dad flew in the C model in Vietnam as a PJ. I’ve loved this helicopter and its derivatives since 1972.

[@Whom1337]

How could he ever take off while hauling his huge steel balls around?

[@rodnabors7364]

Ya, some aircraft are hard to conceptualize, just how damn big they are, even when you've seen them or been on them. C-17 is like that as well. Gotta give that pilot p[ops as well, that hover before they hooked up might as well have been a freeze frame.

[@martyschrader]

@@rodnabors7364 Just think about the gusts and swirls in that arroyo. Computer assistance is nice, but there's still plenty of skill involved.

[@anthonybush607]

@@Whom1337 He is an absolute hero to me. A Distinguished Flying Cross, at least 12 air medals, first PJ to ever attend and graduate the Green Beret Recon school in Vietnam, and the last NCOIC in Vietnam are just a few of the highlights. He’s now fighting his sixth cancer but like all Special Operations folks, he doesn’t know how to give up. I remember many of those men from the different ARRS squadrons. Like my dad, they were larger than life and each a hero to me. Over 50 years later and they still are larger than life. The Vietnam Generation is every bit as great as the Greatest Generation, no disrespect intended. Vietnam veterans fought just as hard, sacrificed and suffered just as much but didn’t get the respect they deserved. I hear a lot of folks saying that we don’t have the same kind of citizens any more. I respectfully disagree. Names like Murphy, Romesha, Hester and Luttrell to name but a few, shows that the best days of the USA are still ahead.

[@OJNS]

Agent orange nice perfume, isn’t it?

[@fmelliotts6751]

4 member crew aboard the MH-60 Knighthawk crashed while looking for a missing hiker. All 4 survived and the hiker was found later.

[@samhklm]

Come on little brother lets get you out of here.

[@TEC_Stuff]

Impressive airmanship and ground preparation for the retrieval. Thank you to all who choose to serve!

[@rotorheadv8]

Standard flying for Marine helo pilots

[@sparky2008sparky]

Spent several years of my career designing the FBW flight controls on this aircraft. It is certainly nice to see it in use. Because it is FBW, it is fairly easy to fly compared to conventional flight controls. It’s not your fathers (or grandfathers) “Stallion”.

[@HQBergeron]

Good work! My son was a mechanic and crew chief for CH-47 and MH-47 D and F models and did several DART missions like this in Afghanistan. He always connected the loads while the helo hovered on these volunteer missions, so I am always glad for the work people like you do, as well as the great pilots holding steady above him while he hooked them up, often under poor conditions in bad terrain. Blessings to you!

[@damienhill6383]

Magnificent beast ... 😊

[@darrenjones3681]

I remember a super sea stallion recovering a ditched Royal Navy Sea King which was completely submerged underwater off the coast of cornwall uk

[@derranthefunnyguy]

It's crazy to think that in less than 3 generations humans were able to go from thinking powered flight was impossible to being able to construct flying machines with such confidence that they can lift other flying machines into the air safely. If this is the technology that's public knowledge, imagine what they have that they keep secret

[@HQBergeron]

I’m amazed and thankful for that as well since I have a son who did several recovery missions in Afghanistan using CH-47 Chinooks which can lift their own weight. He always volunteered to be the man hooking up the slingloads underneath all that weight and get hit by the rocks thrown at him by the incredible down wash as he ran into position. They would put holes in his uniforms sometimes.

[@rolanddeschain965]

I saw a documentary in the 90s about what amounts to an invisibility cloak. It was essentially a suit of wires that would mimic the background that would be there if whatever vehicle or what have you wasn't actually there. And at the time it made it look like when you see the sunn really baking down and you see that sort of shimmering mirage like effect. That was 25 years ago.

[@someguydino6770]

Space force was a secret agency up until recently...

[@funkydozer]

I’m genuinely amazed that chopper can lift so much weight with the rotors turning so slowly. And backwards.

[@michaelashby4036]

LmAo!! Good one. Over

[@gilde915]

@@michaelashby4036 could you explaine to him ,what him framerate is pls:)

[@DinoMartino1251]

Yeah, those rotors were designed for the southern Hemisphere. LOL

[@rushd45]

They must be using a different King in the 2nd lift cause the rotors are spinning much faster and in the correct rotation for the Northern hemisphere...

[@bavery6957]

The video is out of sync - the rotors are actually turning much more slowly and much more backwards...

[@shayne1289]

I flew in German CH-53G's in Iraq - absolutely amazing machines, unforgettable experiences.

[@bobuk5722]

Hats off to the ground crew working in that downdraft. Also of course the lifting pilots. A Seahawk is not exactly small and that King Stallion is well named!

[@snackette]

And hats off to that cable 👏🏻

[@cjoin83]

0481 Landing Support

[@jtv3062]

Once read that the main rotor hub on the super stallions weighed more than the black Hawks.

[@eligebrown8998]

I hope everybody is ok from the crashed choper

[@620multistrada]

Wow, that’s one heavy lift. The stallion makes it look easy. There is so much that could go wrong. Amazing demonstration of skill

[@isi12345]

I went to school in Hawaii (Oahu) in the early 2000s. We had a school business vendor day. Guess what the marines recruiters showed up in. A King Stallion helicopter LOL. Yes, no joke, they landed in front of the school, and a couple of guys got out in nice marine suits, went over to the area where all the other vendors set up, they then set up their booth, did their recruitment thing, then in the end, the took down their booth, walked to the Stallion helicopter and took off. Everyone, literally stopped and ran outside to watch them take off. That was like the coolest thing I ever saw LOL. I wish we had phone camera back then, cause I and many other students would have taken videos. I don't think they would do such a thing anymore especially for a small school.

[@adventure_seeker]

By chance, was that Kaleheo High School???

[@isi12345]

@@adventure_seeker BYU Hawaii

[@adventure_seeker]

@@isi12345Gotcha, I live down the road from Kaleheo High School and I remember seeing the CH53 from MCBH-Kaneohe Bay land at the football field at KHS many years ago. I think I heard it was for the same purpose you mentioned.

[@coffey8653]

HOT DAMN!! The 0481’s Still doing their thang! I server as a Red Patcher 0481 for 12 years. That is the “ONLY” unit in the Marine Corps that is self sustaining unit that can support the entire Marine corp As well as itself.

[@rlhmarines]

I was also a Red Patcher for a while in my early years in the Corps but 04 was a secondary specialty.

[@janemf]

wow these pilots are unbelievable

[@Oooonumbers]

I believe the K's Stallions can output up to 22,500 combined horsepower from all three engines (7,500 per engine). Empty Blackhawks are around 11,000-12,000 lbs empty with no gas and I'd assume a Seahawk would be pretty similar. With the tail...not installed...I'm guessing it's probably around a 9,000-10,000 lb lift assuming the fuel is mostly out of the Seahawk. Depending on the fuel load of the Stallion, I'd guess the combined weight of the Stallion and the Seahawk beneath is probably 60,000-70,000 lbs all up.

[@Whom1337]

name checks out

[@garyrhodes7089]

it looked like maybe the engines were cut out of the seahawk and hauled them in the second load to make it more managable lift still very impresive

[@Diogenes425]

Big chopper pilot dude knows his stuff! Not a tail wiggle at all.

[@ImpendingJoker]

MH-53K King Stallion has full authority autohover and digital stability augmentation. The pilot was just sitting there monitoring the systems and pushing buttons.

[@thomasandersen5349]

That rotorwash is freaggin insane.

[@timmusick9875]

100 Kts

[@Chavez760]

Damn I miss the Marine Corps!

[@graham2631]

Wow! That's a big bird in tight. Good pilot. Very impressive!

[@JoeC88]

👍👍

[@sledge7583]

Great pilots, great air crew, great gound team making sure the load is secure. Semper Fi, GySgt Ret.

[@aleccross3535]

King Stallion: Come little one. It's time to take you home.

[@KNJensen]

Putting the "King" in the King Stallion. Marines are going to love those, going forward!

[@vandalorianvandalorian4769]

Wow! Those King Stallions put down some serious rotor wash!

[@shanesims2864]

You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!! No telling how strong that is. Blowing dirt & debris everywhere.

[@JoeBribem]

That is a badass recovery. Hope the pilots and passengers are OK.

[@davesdiversions8078]

"Recovery", not "Rescue".

[@smugwendigo5123]

Yeah lol, I'm like 90% sure this is training

[@JamesMiller-fm8qs]

missing the tail and the rotors, so subtract about 3,000 lbs maybe?? so a good 6 tons worth just lifted easy peezy. I have witnessed a Super Stallion in action, King Stallion now. Man these machines are something.

[@unbrandedindustriesincorpo1701]

My goodness, that 53K is so beautiful.

[@jsmcguireIII]

Nice clean pick! Looks like they cleared some timber for the zone. I like the Gorilla tape wrap on the sling.

[@dunneemofozilla5718]

Hopefully the personel involved in the seahawk crash are ok

[@chrisc2065]

So glad that 53's are still being used. This was my first Helo ride back in 94.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Why would anybody develop new generation if anyone thought of not using 53s anymore? That thing is the K version, did not enter service until about a year ago.

[@Sergioricardoneto]

Espero que a tripulação da aeronave quebrada estejam todos bem.

[@chuckw4680]

I worked on the development of that a/c! Nice to see it in action in the real world!

[@pantherowow77]

Ac? As in air conditioning? Haha

[@Golgi-Gyges]

I had a sea stallion ride as a soldier...kind of an exchange with the Marines in Hawaii. When it took off after we got out, it damn near blew me off of the ridgeline

[@smckay6438]

Our military men and equipment are amazingly strong! 😊

[@nigelkhan9278]

Why the hell are my Devildogs brothers cleaning up after the damn Navy? I know we fall under the Navy but it’s their shit show. Own it. Great work Devildogs.

[@DMAC1966]

You can't park that there 😆😆

[@MarcusWolfWanders]

I help make parts for the turbine engine inside that King Stallion, and boy do I enjoy watching it do work! :D

[@_Joy_Unleashed]

Nice piloting by getting the hoisting chopper centered first. If the load were to get caught up as it's being slung off center this could have easily been two choppers down. Well done team. Especially the PIC.

[@timmusick9875]

We did a similar job in 1976 with a HMH-361 CH-53D on a mountainside at the south end of the San Joaquin Valley retrieving an A7 out of Lemoore NAS that had gone inadvertent IFR low level in fog. The biggest piece we got out was the engine, the rest was small pieces. However the mountainside was so steep we had to use six pendants, each 8' long, to have main rotor clearance from the trees. Teamwork was essential by everyone involved, especially the "eyes on" guidance of the Crew Chief and 1st Mech. God bless Igor Sikorsky.

[@steveyates1136]

Tim this is one of those crazy considences. I think I was on the crew from the Lemoore SAR team that retrieved the pilot's body? I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman that flew many rescue missions in the Sierras in the mid 70's. He ejected but he was too late. His chute never deployed and he was still in the seat pan. I remember it was snowing and foggy. We searched for about an hour with no results and had to go refuel. I don't remember where. We were then joined by an Air Force SAR crew. When we returned we saw where he had clipped a couple trees. Myself and the Air Force PJ repelled down to the site from the aircraft. Yes it was steep, just about the time we were about to split up, one downhill, and one uphill we saw his body. Sad day, I'll never forget riding back to Lemoore looking at his body in the seat pan. I can't remember his squadron, maybeVA 22 or VA 25? Always a sad day when you got on scene and couldn't help anyone. I don't remember seeing much of the aircraft, but there were pieces of it 50 feet up in the trees.

[@timmusick9875]

Nice to hear from you and that's correct, apparently the pilot ejected a split second after he realized he had terrain in front of him he wasn't going to clear and impacted nearby. I never heard the Air Force got involved, did they lower the PJ from their own helicopter or did you take their crew? We landed in a meadow below and hiked up to take a look at the site and clearences, steep damn hike as I remember. Even with 50' of sling load below the main rotor was only feet from the trees. Were you in the Lemoore SAR unit that specialized in high altitude rescue?

[@steveyates1136]

@@timmusick9875 Yes I was on the Lemoore SAR team from 74-76. We did lots of rescues in Yosemite, Sequoia, and the surrounding National Forest. Lots of single engine aircraft crashes crossing the Sierras in the winter then hikers, tourists, and climbers in the summer. We were pretty much on the cutting edge of high angle rescue techniques at the time. Lots of people from the Navy, USMC, and Air Force came to Lemoore to train with us and film some of our techniques. I always thought it was ironic that we were doing mountain rescue when we had all been trained primarily for sea rescues. I spent a lot of time in a pool and the Gulf of Mexico in Pensacola. We flew a UH-1n that was a new twin engine Huey. I only remember bits and pieces that was so long ago. I do remember I was the one that saw the tree damage and the snow knocked out of the tree tops. I think we were running low on fuel for a second time when the Air Force team showed up. We landed and I got in the Air Force aircraft. I remember I had to switch helmets with the PJ so I could talk to the pilots to guide them back to the site. Even then we never saw anything other than the tree damage and pieces of aircraft (lots of wiring and pieces way up in the trees).Then myself and the PJ repelled out of that aircraft. I don't remember how high we were (100'+ ?), but man I remember it being tight. Then my team flew in and lowered a hoist through the trees and hoisted me and the pilot back into the aircraft. I will never forget the Air Force aircraft had a coffee pot plugged in with hot coffee in the passenger compartment. I don't remember where the Air Force team was from. I honestly think some of the details had been blocked from my memory. Like I said it was always a sad day when you got on scene and you couldn't't help, but this day was even sadder because it was one of our own.

[@timmusick9875]

Bravo Zulu Steve, a hary operation indeed. Sounds like flexibility and tremendous determination got the mission done. And you're right Navy helos spend most of their time at sea level making your mountain SAR operation especially unique. I later flew the 53 up around Whitney at 10,000 regulatory limit (incase the NCIS is reading) and helo's start to get squirrely up there due to the thin air. I later got to work with rescue swimmers in the Navy Reserve flying with HC-9 at North Island and at high density altitudes that H-3 had to do a running take-off at heavy weight just to get airborne let alone hover where you guys worked, out of the question for an H-3. I have some idea of how you felt that day, one of our Rescue Swimmers pulled an A6 crewman out of the drink off San Diego and he didn't make it. That hit him hard, he later told me he felt like he lost his best friend. Great respect!

[@steveyates1136]

@@timmusick9875 The H-3 was a beast of an aircraft. That would have been good duty in SD. I'm sure you guys got into some hairy situations too. What these guys did in the video looked just on the edge of what they were capable of. It would have gotten my undivided attention. We plucked a couple people off of Mt Whitney 2 or 3 times. I think about 15K was the ceiling on the aircraft, but you would be hard pressed to hover and hoist victims at that altitude. It would always be a singe person hoist above about 10k. The colder the day the better the air craft preformed at altitude. We still had to watch our passenger and fuel weight. I remember we had a 150 gallon axillary fuel bag (we use to joke about flying bombs) behind the seat in the passenger cabin. We usually flew on the fuel in the bag to the site. The aircraft was totally stripped of any weapons systems and guns to make it lighter. I wish we could both take 1 more pleasure ride over the Sierras one afternoon. Good talking to you Tim! Semper Fortis!

[@cuthbertdingleberry2325]

Quick wash and wipe… That damage’ll buff right out. Good as new. 😂😂

[@edadan]

Quite a crash site. I hope the crew was okay!

[@chrisoffutt8968]

just minor injuries.

[@spikespa5208]

@@chrisoffutt8968 How long was the Seahawk there? It wasn't involved in that hiker rescue a week or so back, was it?

[@bradlarrison191]

Looks like the PNW. Wonder if the Seahawk was out of NAS Whidbey.

[@kevinmurphy5506]

You broke the helicopter, I'm telling mom

[@scdrescher1]

That’s some impressive rotor wash

[@ericberman4193]

Back in the summer of 1975, I watched as a Marine CH-47 performed a controlled crash landing at Lagunita Beach (then the northernmost extent of South Laguna, CA). The next morning, I watched as a Marine CH-43 Sea Stallion swooped in and, within five minutes had air-lifted the CH-47 and flew south towards Camp Pendleton. Very impressive!

[@exerpachuau5486]

Does anyone know the story behind the crash? Any casualties?

[@Skylane_Pilot]

@HeavyDSparks found your next purchase and type rating!

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Does anyone know what happened to the Seahawk helicopter and what happened to its crew?

[@andrewtestin9080]

😢I can only hope all were ok

[@thisme3138]

Pretty sure it was probably training they set the stuff up then let the pilots and others practice for that situation

[@bernardanderson3758]

Marine Corps Helicopter Aviation!!

[@firebpm4977]

I didnt think K models were operationally deployed yet?

[@ImpendingJoker]

Have been for a few years now. Where've you been?

[@firebpm4977]

Must be the TBI LOL @@ImpendingJoker

[@deepdivedelight]

Viewers amazed by folks doing their j.o.b. :))

[@LelleKidd]

Nothing is "rescued" here. Salvaged maybe...

[@karstendoerr5378]

The Blackhawk must have had a very stable cell. Except for the rear with the rear rotor everything looked very undamaged. At least from a distance. I hope the crew survived without serious injury.

[@lexluther8370]

Blackhawk?

[@karstendoerr5378]

@@lexluther8370 The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family.

[@Panzerfan93]

What is that small parachute on the tail of the Sea Hawk? It reminds me of those emergency parachutes some General Aviation aircraft have. Is it similiar, or was it attached to stop the wreck from spinning?

[@markhepworth]

Presuming in forward flight the drag it produces will keep the nose of the Sea Hawk straight

[@tdunn2]

Is being in ravine like that especially dangerous for helicopters? It seems like the air could get directed upward then back downward with some force and push the helicopter down…or make it really unstable. (I dont know jackshit about flying…incase that wasn’t very clear 😂)

[@121mcvUK]

What advantages does the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion have over the Boeing CH-47 Chinook? Lifting capacity. A 53E can sling load up to 36,000 pounds. The 53K can do the same, but for longer distances and under hot and high conditions.

[@maddog2557]

Why did the Seahawk go down in the first place?

[@chriswilliams3946]

They were assisting on a rescue of an injured hiker

[@richbrowne7808]

Was this near Mammoth Lakes in the Eastern Sierras?

[@zaynevanday142]

Beast mode ? No King Stallion Mode Activated 😂😂😂

[@manhalen7046]

Air Assault, beeyatches.

[@paulgreen6980]

It's a recovery NOT a rescue it's an inanimate object. In English we recover the body of the dead it implies more time but before that we rescue the living were time is of the essence. Did all the crew and passenger's survive?

[@garyh4458]

They left all those people down there and they are still walking home.

[@7891ph]

My uncle served in the Marines in 'Nam... Guess who I'm sending this to...

[@Sparky-js5xz]

Camera frame rate makes it look like the tail rotor isn’t even moving 😂 Thats always so cool to look at

[@comontoshi]

Pickle Meadows right? 😎

[@wesdowling1340]

Pro s at work

[@dougmate2378]

easy rebuild. It'll fly again in around a year

[@zefdin101]

The MH60? Are you familiar with large aircraft recovery? They won’t just part it out, you’re saying they’d rebuild something like this and it’ll fly again? Fascinating! I guess , like a car, it’s just numbers for actuariens to crunch the numbers , fix or total..

[@dougmate2378]

@zefdin101 I've personally rebuilt H-60 that came to me in conex boxes that have been in worse shape than this one. Looking at the airframe, the transition area will need to be replaced. Depending on how much the budget is for repair, world events, etc.

[@happyhome41]

IMPRESSIVE display of team capability employing technology. Well DONE !

[@WETHEPEOPLEUSMC]

Sailors making a mess, Marines clean it up! 😂 All in fun, however prayers to the fallen and their families!

[@steveyates1136]

Crayon eater....all in good fun from and old FMF Hospital Corpsman.

[@mauricesharpe2748]

This is extremely dangerous!!! Really takes great skill by the Stallion pilot .

[@armageddonready4071]

Dropping out the hole, with zero safety gear, and sixty plus pounds of gear, HIGHLY UNDERRATED. Every red blooded American needed to try.

[@Bruce-1956]

Once when travelling through Guatemala I was sitting having lunch a USA helicopter landed in a field next to the restaurant. Out popped a soldier who started asking the way to some place. Apparantly the GPS was down and had no other means of finding their destination. You would think they would have papermsps as backup.

[@Sajuuk]

Fucking hell that thing's a beast!😮

[@scott.c9587]

We did they same the in 1994 at Cherry point.

[@wandamartinez1561]

Amazing

[@elchaconaso]

doesnt look like it but this is a very dangerous operation.

[@section8usmc53]

Not really. They literally do it all the time.

[@OkamiiSenpai]

An osprey would have crashed too

[@TypeRyRy]

Some say, that rotor wash alone can create a hurricane....

[@holgers3594]

Einfach der geilste Hubschrauber den es gibt

[@jerlewis4291]

In 1987 I saw a 53-E pickup another 53-E had set down in sand in an emergency and the tide came in. These things can lift their own weight. The downdraft from those blades is over 64 mph and the amount of static electrify those rotors create can kill you. You can see the guy reach out with a grounding rod before anyone touches those cables.This is a Sea Stallion, the Super Sea Stallion is even more powerful

[@jeffmuth6504]

Great job guys! Stay safe. 🚁

[@USMC1984]

The King Beast!! The rotor wash is a Cat-4 hurricane in itself!

[@thomasandersen5349]

I'm assuming that this is a USMC DART unit... they stripped that 'Hawk down pretty good, taking off the engines and separating out smaller items. Usually DARTs try to repair an aircraft and fly it out, but that 'Hawk was way past repairing in the field, needs a SHOPs platoon to climb all over it and fix her up. That, or to be blown up in place if unable to remove.

[@aj-2savage896]

Most of that will buff that right out. (Couldn't resist.)

[@wolfpack4694]

Man! Not a good place for a forced landing. Nice work by the 53 crew and the ground handlers.

[@tyrusmfrechs7025]

Don’t worry Daddy is here

[@JG-mp5nb]

Great pitch for Gorilla tape!

[@ecrusch]

Just like that!!! Those King Stallions are totally badass!

[@wadegrant7465]

Back in the mid 80's, I watched a CH-53D roll over onto it's side and send blade shrapnel all over while practicing external lifts on one of the practice pads outside the north hanger at MCAS (H) Tustin.

[@rjeffte46077]

Those hangars! OJT there -GSE late 88

[@wadegrant7465]

@@rjeffte46077 North hanger burned down last month.

[@section8usmc53]

@@rjeffte46077One of them just burned down. 😢 I was there at 302 for training before they closed and moved to New River.

[@a-fl-man640]

that was one impressive helicopter, the crashed Seahawk is pretty big. i had no idea the downwash was so bad. have watched a few vids lately where helicopters have left rotor turbulence causing aircraft to go out of control like wake turbulence.

[@danieldunlap4077]

I used to work on Seahawks. I always thought they were kind of small.

[@bor3549]

Big Mama be like: It'll be ok little buddy, fly with me, one last time. I'll help you, don't worry. :,(

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Damn. When you see the Seahawk (not a small aircraft) in comparison, it's clear what a monstrous beast the Stallion is.

[@dennisammann9104]

Lousy reporting, what happened? Why did the Seahawk crash? Nothing in description box? 🤔 No thumbs up for this video. 🙁👎 Excellent video as far as salvage by the Sea Stallion CH-53 helicopter. 👍

[@paulcoverdale8312]

Is this a exercise, or what! That Huge egg beater in such tight space! Increadible chops in the cockpit an on the line. All the best to the guys on the ground too. Major down draft!!! Great job by camera man too, not easy to hold in all that mixed air.❤❤❤👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟💯💯🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@kh40yr]

Big Commercial Truck, hovering in the air,,picking up a VDub. Glad the Seahawk crew and hiker they were trying to rescue survived. Looks like it was a long 12 hr day for them hiking out, with injured ankles and a slapped ego by way of Seahawk.

[@paveguts]

the 'K" model is impressive. Nice work.

[@ronnieburns4554]

Many years ago, I saw a German Ch53 G hauling a German Huey UH-1 thru the mountains in Southern Germany! What a sight it was!

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Was it near the Karwendel area?