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Medium-lift transport/ Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter
Sikorsky S-61R is a medium-lift transport/ Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter. It was built by Sikorsky Agusta.
United StatesMedium-lift transport/ Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter
Sikorsky Agusta
In service
United States Air Force (Historical) United States Coast Guard (Historical) Italian Air Force (Historical) Tunisian Air Force
1963–1970s
1965
1963
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
3
28 pax / 6,500 lb (2,948 kg) payload
73 ft (22 m)
18 ft 1 in (5.51 m)
13,341 lb (6,051 kg)
22,050 lb (10,002 kg)
683 US gal (569 imp gal; 2,590 L)
2 × General Electric T58-GE-10 turboshaft engines, 1,400 shp (1,000 kW) each
62 ft (19 m)
143 kn (165 mph, 265 km/h)
779 nmi (896 mi, 1,443 km)
21,000 ft (6,400 m) IGE
2,220 ft/min (11.3 m/s) IGE
Door guns on some variants (For information on American equipment, see U.S. Helicopter Armament Subsystems, S-61R )
3,019 sq ft (280.5 m 2 ) 5-bladed main rotor; blade section NACA 0012
7.3 lb/sq ft (36 kg/m 2 )
Le Sikorsky S-61R est un hélicoptère conçu et réalisé aux États-Unis à partir du célèbre Sea King [ 3 ] . Il est optimisé [ 1 ] spécialement pour les missions de transport aérien , de sauvetage en mer , et de soutien aux forces spéciales . Quelques exemplaires ont également été acquis pour des missions parapubliques, notamment pour le compte de forces de police .
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 22 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 22 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 22 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 22 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 22 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Sikorsky S-61R equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Argentina
TunisiaAir Force exact named equipment holdings: HH-3E. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / SAR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Sikorsky HH-3. Service scope: Tunisian Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 15. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
United States Air Force (Historical) United States Coast Guard (Historical) Italian Air Force (Historical) Tunisian Air Force
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