A principios de este mes la USAF aceptó sus tres primeros HH-60W “Jolly Green II” Combat Rescue Helicopter. Las entregas se realizaron en Sikorsky (Lockheed Martin) West Palm Beach, Florida, donde la nueva plataforma fue sometida a duras y exigentes pruebas a lo largo de los últimos 17 meses. Demandado desde hace tiempo por los escuadrones Leer másLa USAF recibe los primeros helicópteros Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II[…]
BOSTON — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter aircrew realized a medical evacuation (medevac) of an injured fisherman 60 nautical miles (nm) southeast of Martha’s Vineyard, Friday. Approximately at 6 p.m., the Coast Guard District One watchstanders received an emergency notification from the crew of the 128-foot commercial fishing vessel Persistence, reporting that a Leer másA Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac fisherman 60 nautic miles southeast of Martha’s Vineyard[…]
Lonnie Taber, an Iraq veteran and fireman from USCGC Kimball, now is prepares on Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) A-School to continues your service in Coast Guard helicopters. It was evening on the mess deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), as Lt. Cmdr. Donald Stiker, the cutter’s engineer officer, looked sternly out at Leer másAn Iraq War veteran continues aviation career in Coast Guard[…]
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescue two boaters from their 52-foot sailing vessel approximately 172 nautic miles east of Cape Hatteras, Monday afternoon. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard‘s 5th District Command Center received a relayed notification from the International Emergency Response Coordination Center regarding two boaters in distress aboard the sailing vessel Bali Leer másCoast Guard rescue two boaters 172 nautic miles from sailing vessel near Cape Hatteras, N.C.[…]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew rescue a 70-year-old man from the waters of Union Bay, Alaska, northwest of Meyers Chuck, Sunday. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew hoisted the man, who was in the water clinging to a piece of debris. and took him to awaiting emergency Leer másA Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew rescue a man in Union Bay, Alaska[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard concluded its annual Arctic Shield operations Sunday with the seasonal closure of its Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue, Alaska. Air Station Kodiak aircrews and two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters were forward deployed to Kotzebue to provide better response times and coverage to remote regions of Alaska during increased summer boating Leer másCoast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2020[…]
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. — Esta semana el Comando de Sistemas Aéreos Navales (NAVAIR, Naval Air Systems Command) y Sikorsky Aircraft, una compañía de Lockheed Martin, han firmado un contrato de adquisición para otros seis helicópteros CH-53K King Stallion adicionales. La producción inicial de baja tasa (LRIP, Low Rate Initial Production), contrato lote Leer másNAVAIR firma con Sikorsky la adquisición de otros seis CH-53K King Stallion para el U.S. Marine Corps[…]
MIAMI — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac a 34-year-old fisherman from the fishing vessel, Chin, near Raccoon Island, Bahamas, Monday. The Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter is encounted deployed in support of Operations Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), the aircrew responded to emergency and launched to the vessel coordenades. Over the fishing Leer másCoast Guard medevac 34-year-old fisherman near Raccoon Island, Bahamas[…]
OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN – 20 de octubre de 2020 – El sistema electrónico de instrumentos de vuelo (EFIS) AFI4700 RoadRunner, de Astronautics Corporation of America, se ha incorporado al primer Sikorsky HH-60L en servicio en la Unidad de Soporte Aéreo (ASU, Air Support Unit) de Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Fire. Este helicóptero HH-60L han sido modernizados Leer másAFI4700 RoadRunner EFIS mejora el Sikorsky HH-60L Firehawk de Santa Barbara County[…]
Nortfolk, VA — El relevo se produjo durante la misma semana en la que la U.S. Navy conmemoró su 245º aniversario, el Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 2 celebró la ceremonia de transferencia de su nuevo Mando Aéreo el pasado jueves 15 de octubre. El Capitán Edward Johnson tomó el mando del HSC-2 en septiembre Leer másCambio de Comandante en el Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 2[…]