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Saying goodbye to the Sea King, 2009
Stars and Stripes
July 6, 2022
Naples, Italy, Aug. 9, 2009: Petty Officer 3rd Class Brad Coleman, on ladder, and Airman Eric Reed spend the morning polishing the Naples, Italy-based Detachment 1 HC-2 UH-3H Sea King helicopter, which by November would be sold for scrap metal. The Navy was replacing its fleet of Sea Kings with MH-60 Black Hawks.