HH-53 Super Jolly Green airplane modelSikorsky HH 53 Jolly Green Giant helicopter model. The Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service's Sikorsky HH 53 Super Jolly Green Giant entered the Vietnam conflict in 1967. It quickly began flying with the 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group. The Jolly was the largest, fastest, most powerful heavy lift helicopter in the Air Force inventory, capable of carrying 38 passengers, or 24 litter patients with four attendants plus a crew of five at speeds