Story by 1st Lt. Lindsay Weichel, 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Late last year the 87th Electronic Warfare Squadron (87th EWS) made history for the second time in 2025, completing the first COMBAT SHIELD flight line developmental evaluation of the HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter units assigned to the 55th Leer más87th EWS conducted first evaluation of the HH-60W helicopter[…]
Story by Senior Airman Jamal Berry II, 18th Wing KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — For the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force 18th OSS (Operations Support Squadron) Weather Flight, weather means something else entirely: mission success or failure, aircraft safety or risk, life or loss. Jan. 16, 2026, members of the 18th OSS Weather Flight Leer más18th OSS Weather Flight HH-60W Jolly Green II[…]
Story by Christopher Jones, Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms CHINA LAKE, California. — A Navy SAR Team (search and rescue) MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake conducted the rescue (medevac) following the ejection of an F-16 pilot approximately 15 miles east of China Lake. Leer másNavy SAR Team MH-60S rescue (medevac) F-16 pilot near China Lake[…]
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard BETHEL, Alaska. – Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command conducted the medevac of a patient in New Stuyahok, Southwest Alaska. January 21, 2026. In response to a request for assistance from Kanakanak Hospital medical staff, the Alaska Rescue Leer másAlaska Army Guard UH-60L conducts a nighttime medevac in New Stuyahok[…]
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – An Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the 176th Wing conducted the rescue of an injured snowmachiner in Southcentral Alaska. January 21, 2026. The injured snowmachiner used a cellular phone to contact the Alaska State Troopers, who Leer másAlaska Air Guard HH-60G rescue a injured snowmachiner in Southcentral Alaska[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew conducted the rescue of two fishermen from a fishing vessel that ran aground in Pasagshak Bay offshore Kodiak. Wednesday, January 21, 2026. No injuries were reported. At 7:08 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic Command center received a report from Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 fishermen offshore Kodiak, Alaska[…]
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the 176th Wing conducted the medevac of a patient in Seldovia, Southcentral Alaska, January 12, 2026. In response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers the Alaska Rescue Leer másAlaska Air Guard HH-60G conduct a medevac in Seldovia[…]
SANTA RITA, Guam — A U.S. Navy MH-60S knighthawk helicopter aircrew from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) conducted the medevac and transfer of an ill mariner from the 459-foot U.S.-flagged cable-laying ship Decisive 110 nautical miles offshore Guam on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, thanks to the coordinated efforts of HSC-25 and the watch at U.S. Leer másU.S. Navy HSC-25 MH-60S medevac an ill mariner 110 nm offshore Guam[…]
OWEGO, N.Y., January 13, 2026 – Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, delivered its 350th MH-60R «Romeo» helicopter to the United States Navy. The aircraft was delivered to HSM-41, the U.S. Navy’s Helicopter Maritime Strike Fleet Replacement Squadron, training the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s newest naval aviators and naval aircrewmen to operate the MH-60R helicopter. This milestone marks a Leer másSikorsky delivers 350th MH-60R helicopter to U.S. Navy[…]
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — A five-year, multi-year procurement (MYP) contract was signed on January 8 between the Department of War (DOW) and GE Aerospace for both new production and spare T408 engines, along with associated sustainment services for the CH-53K King Stallion helicopter. The $1.4 billion contract covers five years, Lots Leer másCH-53K program signs a contract with GE for T408 engines[…]