Jolly Green Giant

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A large coastguard helicopter found by the survivors. Also referred to as a Jolly Green Giant, which was the Air Force name for the same basic aircraft. The Tower's Jolly Green Giant/Pelican is codenamed "Rooster".

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

Appearances:

• Chapter 21 - Discovered on the Tarmac at LAX by Burt and Saul.
• Chapter 22 - Datu, Kalani, Pegs and Victor come down to see it. Datu and Kalani work on fixing it, while Pegs starts learning how to fly it.
• Chapter 23 - Left under the care of Victor, Pegs and Datu.
• Chapter 24 - Datu finishes fixing the chopper. Pegs and Datu fly to the second landing pad, picking up Michael, Kelly, Tanya, Hope and Riley (and Lady). Pegs attempts to land on the roof of the tower to rescue Angel, but is unable to get him. They then fly off into the distance, presumably towards Fort Irwin.
• Chapter 25 - Forced to make an emergency landing in a field due to a hydraulic leak, which Datu is able to fix. Takes off again just ahead of a crowd of zombies and completes the flight to Fort Irwin, where they discover they had a hitchhiker.
• Chapter 34 - Reference made that the Pelican did not fly again after reaching Fort Irwin and could not be repaired by Fort Irwin personnel. Datu is sent to try and fix it again.
• Chapter 35 - KODI is loaded aboard the Pelican and Warrant Officer Muldoon and Specialist Tony Robbins join Datu and Hope in working to repair it.
• Chapter 36 - The team get the Pelican back into flyable condition. Robbins mounts an M-134 Minigun into the Pelican. As Fort Irwin is over-run a small group, including many Tower survivors, takes the Pelican and departs for the Colony. They arrive at the Colony in the midst of the attack there, and use the Minigun to drive away the attacking zombies.

• Commonly called the "Jolly Green Giant" by the US Air Force, "Sea King" by the US Navy, and "Pelican" by the US Coast Guard.
• "Sea Kings" operated by the United States Marine Corps have been used as one of the official helicopters of the President of the United States, since the early 70's, code-named "Marine One" when the President is on board.

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[Cabbage Patch]

Here's the link to the Wikipedia article on this type of helicopter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61R
In real life these all went out of service in the early 1990s.

[j0be]

In real life these all went out of service in the early 1990s.

Even thought the wikipedia article says: "Status Active service"?

[Eitri]

Im a big military buff, im not in the military but i know a lot about it. The Jolly Green Giant (Sikorsky S-61 R) is primarily a Search and rescue helicopter not an active combat (although it can be outfitted with some weapons). The large hold in the back can hold many people, (rescue divers, techies and the rescued) While having extra room for supplies. At least thats how i see it. But what would have been better is if they got a Pave Low Helicopter (Sikorsky MH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant"). This is due to it having mounted weapons in the side doors. It has A little more room that the S-61R in the hold for people. But once again thats my opinion

[Cabbage Patch]

My father flew Jolly Green Giants during the Vietnam War (HH-53s, not HH-3s). Search and Rescue, as practiced by the US Air Force, was definitely an active combat mission. The objective was to pick up pilots who had been shot down behind enemy lines, and this was accomplished by fighting your way in, then fighting your way back out again.

The original Air Force Jolly Green Giant, the HH-3 series, was purpose designed as a combat aircraft. It had armor plating over the crew compartments and vital systems, self-sealing fuel tanks and redundency in key systems to allow it to fly with battle damage. It also had three weapons stations, one out a door on the right, one out a window on the left and one mounted on the tail ramp, which was usually kept open while it was in flight. In Vietnam it usually carried either M-60 machineguns or 7.62mm miniguns. The later HH-53 and MH-53 helicopters had the same three weapon stations. These originally carried three miniguns, but later went to three 50 caliber machineguns. The Coast Guard HH-3s Pelicans didn't have the armor or the weapons mounts.

The Jolly Green Giant crews would travel deep into enemy territory with an escort of fighters, electronic warfare assets and tankers. Once the downed pilot was located the helicopter would descend to a spot over him and lower pararescue crewmen to the ground. They would find the pilot, administer first aid and protect him while the helicopter hoisted them all back up. All of this was often done while under fire, with friendly aircraft dropping bombs and strafing enemy firing positions around them. Then the force would turn around and fly back to friendly territory. Here's a link to a really good video about these missions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ATcN-Wgz1U

[Bravo Team Leader]

Never saw any. I think it's about the same size as a CH-47.

[rolsskk]

Never saw any. I think it's about the same size as a CH-47.

It's actually smaller than the Chinook by 25ft in length.

[rolsskk]

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