Visitors to the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins can now say hello to a 30,000-pound Super Jolly Green Giant!  Capable of flying in total darkness, and finding its way into and out of dangerous hostile territory, the Giant is a 38-year-old MH-53 special operations helicopter that has been around the world from Thailand to Europe to Iraq, and has seen combat action in three wars.   
 
Before flying in Iraq, the aircraft took part in combat operations in Southeast Asia and Bosnia.  In 1996, it helped evacuate U.S. personnel from war-torn Liberia.  In 2003, it was part of the first assault mission into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.  It also saw action in the 2004 Battle of Fallujah in Iraq.  It August 2008, it was flown to Robins Air Force to be retired in the Museum.   
 
The large Air Force Sikorsky special operations helicopter now hovers 15 feet above the floor of the Museum’s "Century of Flight" Hangar, in tribute to the thousands of hours it spent conducting long-range, low-level missions to insert, extract, and resupply special operations forces.