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Bravo73
Doesn't the US State Department operate the largest S-61 fleet these days?
New S-61 Helos for the US Government
The State Department sold most of their S-61's in 2016.
That's surprising, as they were ramping up their fleet quite significantly in 2011 I seem to recall. They had about 30 under contract, and were authorised to buy 110 of them.
Any word on why they retired them all so suddenly?