MH-53J/M PAVE LOW Operations

The Sikorsky MH-53J PAVE LOW helicopter began its operational career in 1979.
Below is a list of operations it has participtate in.

1980		HONEY BADGER	Second attempt of Iran Hostage Rescue (Planning & Practice)
1989-1990		JUST CAUSE	Capture of Manuel Noriega in Panama
1990-1991		DESERT SHIELD	Defense of Saudi Arabia from invasion of Iraqi forces
1991		DESERT STORM	Liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi forces
1991-1992		DESERT CALM	Redeployment of Coalition forces following Gulf war
1991		FIERY VIGIL	Evacuation of Clark Air Force Base
1991		PROVIDE COMFORT	Humanitarian operations in northern Iraq
1991-1992		SCIMITAR SWEEP	353rd Special Operations Wing Provisional support
1991-1996		PROVIDE COMFORT II	Show of force to deter Iraqi attacks on the Kurds
1992		DENY FLIGHT	Enforce no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina
1992-1994		PROVIDE PROMISE	Humanitarian operations in Sarajevo
1992-2003		SOUTHERN WATCH	Enforce no-fly zone over Iraq below 32nd parallel
1993-1999		ABLE SENTRY	Monitor the Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia
1994		RESTORE DEMOCRACY	Removal of Haiti's military-backed government
1994		UPHOLD DEMOCRACY	Establish order and provide humanitarian services
1995		DELIBERATE FORCE	Sustained air strikes against Bosnian Serb military targets
1995		JOINT ENDEAVOR	Peacekeeping forces in Bosnia
1996		SECRETARY BROWN	Recovery of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others
1996		ASSURED RESPONSE	Evacuation of 2444 (485 Americans) people from Liberia
1997-2003		NORTHERN WATCH	Enforce no-fly zone over Iraq above 36th parallel
1997		BEVELED EDGE	Noncombatant evacuation operations in Cambodia
1998		DESERT FOX	Response to Iraq's failure to comply w/ UNSC resolutions
1998		JOINT GUARD	Monitoring former warring factions of Bosnia-Herzegovina
1999		ALLIED FORCE	Contingency response for compliance of UNSC Resolution
1999		SHINING HOPE	Humanitarian operations in Albania
2000		ATLAS RESPONSE	Humanitarian operations in Mozambique
2001		NOBLE EAGLE	Homeland defense & civil support in response to 9/11
2001-2004		ENDURING FREEDOM	Military response in Afghanistan to 9/11 terrorist attack
2003-2008		IRAQI FREEDOM	Disarming Iraq of WMD & remove Regime from power
2004		SECURE TOMORROW	Stabilization response to the upheaval in Haiti
2005		JTF KATRINA	Disaster relief efforts for hurricane Katrina
2006		LEBANON NEO	Noncombatant evacuation operations in Lebanon

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