Knighthawks get fresh coat of paint

By Crosswind Administrator • April 26, 2013 10:52 am
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U.S. Navy photo by Tony Popp. Search and Rescue is flying with a new color to its Sikorsky-built MH-60S Knighthawk. Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class (AW) Christopher Ashmore shows the familiar gray and orange helicopter tactical paint scheme and the new high visibility color configuration of white and orange on April 2 for aircraft numbers 775 and 758, respectively. Previously, when NAS Whidbey Island’s three helicopters would be phased in for depot level maintenance at NAS North Island, Calif., SAR had to switch them out with the fleet which prevented costly repainting from tactical gray to white. Now, SAR permanently owns their aircraft to paint them the official SAR paint scheme. Aircraft 758 was returned earlier this year with new white color, while No. 775 gets repainted this summer and the third aircraft is slated for repainting in 2014.
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