The Museum’s TH-57C Sea Ranger is one of two Sea Rangers purchased by the United States Navy in July of 1967 to be used at their Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, (AUTEC) a military facility located on Andros Island in the Bahamas used for simulating all facets of underwater warfare. The other helicopter, green in color, was lost in a squall line about 65 miles south of the main base on the east side of the island of Andros. When retired in 1977, the Museum’s Sea Ranger had amassed more flying hours (22,000 hours) than any other Jet Ranger than in existence. Known as “Little Red,” it was sent to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida where it was then placed on loan to the Tillamook Air Museum.