The PAVE Cave

Acft 357 was the last remaining helicopter that participated in the Son Tay raid, and flew her last flight in combat prior to finding her new home at the U.S.A.F. National Museum in Dayton, OH.

Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead of Alive", the PAVE LOW song....

Not sure who made this or when, but it features our MH-53J PAVE LOW and some A-model H-53s that we used for training at the 20th SOS, Hurlburt Field, FL.

H-53 pulled off the line and demonstrated to Japanese military. Conducts loops and rolls, slings two howitzers, and flew with 120 Japanese troops.

369 bows to the crowd and takes off for her final flight....sadly, to the boneyard.

Franco leaving PAVEs to go fly on Hueys

An MH-53M PAVE LOW crashed during combat operations in Afghanistan shortly after 9-11. The crew survived and the aircraft was destroyed with a JDAM.

Conducting Air Refueling operations off an MC-130.

Random pics and videos the MH-53 PAVE LOW and her crews.

An MH-53J crashed after the tail rotor struck the ground during a quick stop landing.

NVG video; slow approach to the LZ during combat operations in Iraq.

CH-53E taking off and an H-53 doing a loop and a roll.

An H-53 was taken off the assembly line and used to demonstrate its capabilities to the Japanese military.

High-altitude operations and challenging conditions cause loss of tail rotor effectiveness. Thankfully, everyone survived with only minor injuries.

Doberman was the king of Fooseball.....and some guys developed some good video skills while deployed.

USAF PAVE LOW helicopter landing on US Navy ship.

Flyby of the Taos bridge

Most likely the 21st SOS flying in England.

20th SOS in OIF

What to do when waiting to exfil the team.....

PAVE LOW conducting combat operations.