You don't mean before someone tried to do air-to-air refueling of H-53s do you? If so: H-53s were air-refueled by Hercs for ages before the aborted Iran Hostage Rescue attempt. I don't remember much about the ones used except that they were not regular Sea Stallions, but special RH-53s, and were poorly maintained while onboard ship because of inter-service rivalry. HH-53Cs were the mainstay of the USAF ARRW wings at about that time. An Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing would consist of about 8 HH-53 "Jolly Green Giants" and 6 HC-130s to support/refuel them. BTW, all H-53s are not "Sea Stallions," or "Super Stallions," just the USMC's.