Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon- in service
- United States Navy
- long-range minesweeping, airborne mine countermeasures missions, and perform heavy-lift transport duties
- CH-53A - initial production variant for USMC. 139 built.
- CH-53D - CH-53A with improved transmission, larger cabin for 55 troops and automatic rotor blade folding for USMC. 126 built.
- HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant - for USAF search and rescue (SAR)
- CH-53E Super Stallion - adding a third engine & a seventh blade to the main rotor, and canting the tail rotor 20°, for United States Navy & Marine Corps, 170 built.
- MH-53E Sea Dragon - for long-range minesweeping or airborne mine countermeasures missions, and perform heavy-lift duties for United States Navy. 50 built.
- CH-53K King Stallion - new engines, new composite rotor blades, and a wider aircraft cabin, is planned to replace CH-53E for United States Marine Corps (USMC).
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