The Spanish Navy (Armada) Airbus H135 P3H training and support helicopter fleet has reached 1,000 flight hours as part of the 12th Squadron from the FLOAN (Navy Aircraft Fleet). During these first 15 months, its worth highlighting the main missions conducted by the 12th SQN; namely those related to Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), logistic Leer másFirst milestone for Spanish Navy H135 P3H helicopters[…]
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska. – SOFAM 25 is a Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) training and validation event for unit medics that regularly conduct exercises and operations in the North American Arctic. During the culminating training event of exercise Special Operation Forces Arctic Medic 2025, Alaska Army National Leer másArmy and AKARNG aviators support SOCNORTH arctic medical training exercise[…]
Story by 1st Lt. Jacqulyn Noffsinger, 20th Air Force U.S. Aircrew Force. — The 582nd Helicopter Group achieved a major milestone in its modernization efforts as the MH-139 Grey Wolf completed its first Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight in support of nuclear security operations on January 28, 2025. The flight, conducted by the Leer másMH-139 completes first IOT&E in nuclear security operations[…]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 29, 2025 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, started its first-ever ground runs on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter equipped with two GE Aerospace T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE). During this test, the T901 engine demonstrated its capabilities through a series of rigorous procedures. The initial light off and ground runs Leer másSikorsky begins UH-60M Black Hawk ground runs with GE T901 engines[…]
Story by Sgt. Ian Charles Tracy, Utah National Guard WEST JORDAN, UT – The 97th Aviation Troop Command has been known for its air superiority for decades. Being one of few National Guard units to originally field the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the 1st Battalion 211th Aviation Regiment, Air Pirates are receiving a total of Leer másUtah Army Guard receives the first four AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters[…]
OWEGO, N.Y., Oct. 15, 2024 – Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the Apache Attack Helicopter Project Management Office (with the Apache Sensors Product Office having responsibility for the management of the program) to develop the Gen 3 Radar Frequency Interferometer (RFI) / Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) APR-48B system for the U.S. Army’s AH-64 Apache Leer másLockheed Martin to develop Gen 3 RFI for Army AH-64 Apache[…]
Story by Lt. Col. Darrin Haas, Tennessee National Guard KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – At the request of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee National Guard provided four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion to fight wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, beginning August 27,2024.. Around 2:20 p.m. EST, Tennessee Leer másTennessee Guard UH-60 crews respond to Great Smoky Mountains wildfires[…]
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 26, 2024 — NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Sikorsky X2 a contract award to study integrated platform concepts that could fulfill NATO’s next generation helicopter requirements through its Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) program. “Sikorsky is ready to design a rotorcraft prototype for NATO’s NGRC concept Leer másSikorsky X2 advances to next phase of NATO NGRC program[…]
PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 2024 — Boeing delivered the first CH-47F Block II Chinook to U.S. Army in support of ongoing its modernization efforts. The aircraft is one of up to 465 in the Army’s fleet that will be modernized to the new Block II configuration. “The CH-47F Block II provides capability improvements allowing the Army to Leer másBoeing delivers first CH-47F Chinook Block II to US Army[…]
Story by Samuel King Jr. 96th Test Wing EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The MH-139A Grey Wolf’s back left tire was the last to leave the ground as Maj. Jonathan Palka’s synchronized stick and pedal movements propelled the aircraft up, forward and away from Duke Field’s runway. The lift-off June 27 marked the last Leer másMH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter ends its time at Eglin Air Force Base[…]