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  2. Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach - Wikipedia

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    Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLF) Imperial Beach (IATA: NRS, ICAO: KNRS, FAA LID: NRS) is a United States Navy facility for helicopters, situated on 1,204 acres (5 km 2) approximately 14 miles (23 km) south of San Diego and within the city limits of Imperial Beach, California. It is known as "The Helicopter Capital of the World".

  3. It Costs Tens of Thousands of Dollars Per Hour to Fly These U ...

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    The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter costs $41,986 an hour across all models, including the F-35A for the Air Force, the F-35B for the Marine Corps, and the F-35C for the Marine Corps and Navy. The Air ...

  4. Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion - Wikipedia

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    The CH-53 requires 44 maintenance hours per flight hour. A flight hour costs about $20,000. [29] In 2019, the CH-53E fleet of the USMC achieved one million flight hours since 1981. [23] As of the 2020s, the MH-53 Sea Dragons are still in service as are CH-53 Super Stallions, and during a recent grounding the V-22 Osprey, Sea Stallions saw ...

  5. HSC-8 - Wikipedia

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    Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight (HSC-8) "Eightballers" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. HSC-8 is attached to Carrier Air Wing 11 [1] and deploys aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt. HSC-8 was redesignated from HS-8 on 28 September 2007.

  6. HS-10 Warhawks - Wikipedia

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    Since its establishment, the squadron trained more than 2,000 pilot, 2,000 aircrew, and 6,450 maintenance personnel in the operation, tactics, and maintenance of Sikorsky SH-3 "Sea King" helicopters. HS-10 closed its chapter on the SH-3H helicopter with more than 70,000 mishap-free flight hours when the last students completed in June 1989.

  7. HSC-3 - Wikipedia

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    Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron THREE (HELSEACOMBATRON 3 or HSC-3 Merlins) (previously Helicopter Combat Support Squadron THREE (HELSUPPRON 3 or HC-3 Packrats)), is a United States Navy multi-role combat helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, which operates the Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter to train aircrew and support fleet development on ...

  8. Crew survives after a US Navy helicopter crashes into San ...

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    Another Navy twin-engine, medium lift helicopter – the MH-60S – crashed in 2021 off San Diego, and five Navy sailors were declared dead, the US 3rd Fleet said at the time.

  9. Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk - Wikipedia

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    During 2010–2013, costs of flying the RQ-4 fell by more than 50%. In 2010, the cost per flight hour was $40,600, with contractor logistic support making up $25,000 per flight hour of this figure. By mid-2013, cost per flight hour dropped to $18,900, contractor logistic support having dropped to $11,000 per flight hour. This was in part due to ...