Kaman HH-43 Huskie - Survivors

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HH-43 (no variant designated)
  • Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware has HH-43, AF Serial Number 62-4532, on display.
  • The Helicopter Museum Bueckeburg in Germany has an HH-43 on display.
  • The Pakistan Air Force Museum in Karachi, Pakistan has an HH-43 Huskie on static display in the open.
HH-43A
  • Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia has an HH-43A on display.
  • The New England Air Museum has an HH-43A (AF Ser. No. 58-1837) airframe stored.
HH-43B
  • Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base, Utah has an HH-43B on display.
  • The Midland Air Museum in Coventry, England is carrying out a restoration on HH-43B, AF Ser. No. 62-4535. The aircraft is usually viewable on display; 24535 is one of only two examples on display in the UK.
  • The National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio has HH-43B, AF Serial Number 60-0263, on display. It was assigned to rescue duty with Detachment 3, 42nd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico prior to its retirement and flight to the museum in April 1973.
  • The Olympic Flight Museum in Olympia, Washington has an airworthy HH-43B Huskie on display.
  • The Military Firefighter Heritage Display on Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas has a restored HH-43B on display. The tail number displayed after restoration is 58-1481, but should probably be 58-1841 (its number before restoration, and a number corresponding to an HH-43B). This Huskie was a ground trainer (1959–1976) at Sheppard AFB, Texas, so it retained the square-tail empennage that was removed from almost all other Huskies after repeated rotor strikes in heavy winds.
  • The Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Bangkok, Thailand has an HH-43B on display in the open.
HH-43F
  • Castle Air Museum at the former Castle AFB in Atwater, California has an HH-43F, AF Serial Number 62-4513, on display.
  • The New England Air Museum has an HH-43F restored and on display.
  • Kirtland AFB has an HH-43, listed as an F-model, on display at the southeast corner of Doris Avenue and Aberdeen Drive (coord: 35.05446,-106.595158). This may be the same aircraft listed on other websites as being located at the National Atomic Museum which has since moved off-base, but adjacent to, Kirtland AFB.
  • The Pima Air and Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona, has an HH-43F, AF Ser. No. 62-4531 on display. This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
HOK-1/OH-43D
  • The Flying Leathernecks Museum, MCAS Miramar, California displays Bureau Number (BuNo) 139990 in USMC markings. The aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida. It was previously on display at MCAS Tustin, California, but was moved to MCAS Miramar after MCAS Tustin was closed and NAS Miramar was transferred from control of the Navy to the Marine Corps.
  • The Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona, displays a HOK-1/OH-43D, BuNo 139974, in USMC markings. This aircraft is also on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
  • The U.S. Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama has a Marine Corps HOK-1/OH-43D, BuNo 138101, in storage. BuNo 138101 was formerly displayed indoors at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida (circa 2000-2001) in a dark blue finish with USMC markings. It was repainted from its original USMC markings to pre-Vietnam U.S. Army colors when it was loaned to the Army by the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
  • The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, has a HOK-1/OH-43D, BuNo 139990, in Marine Corps markings. The aircraft is currently under restoration.
  • The New England Air Museum has a HOK-1/OH-43D airframe, BuNo 129801, stored.
HTK-1/TH-43E
  • The Tillamook Air Museum has a HTK-1/TH-43E airframe, BuNo 129313, in Navy markings on display at Tillamook Airport (former Naval Air Station Tillamook) in Tillamook, Oregon.

In addition to museum displays, including the airworthy example at the Olympic Flight Museum, there are also a number of former USAF, USN and USMC Huskies which are in private hands, purchased for agricultural or general operations.

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