A red-painted Royal Navy Westland <i>Sea Lynx</i> HAS.3 flies past the U.S. Navy destroyer USS <i>Leftwich</i> (DD-984) in the Persian Gulf, in December 1990. The helicopter was painted red to serve as a "sleigh" for "Santa Claus" among Allied ships on Christmas 1990.
U.S. Navy
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