Story by David Bedard, Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK — Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrews from 176th Wing rescue three distressed hunters on the Kenai Peninsula during two sequential missions. August 11, 2024. The first mission opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G rescue 3 on the Kenai Peninsula[…]
Story by Senior Airman Andrew Garavito, 355th Wing DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter with tail number A6224 achieved a «black letter status» before its retirement at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. the past month. The helicopter was maintained by U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Anthony Staley, 943rd Maintenance Squadron Leer másThe HH-60G retired in black letter status[…]
U.S.Air Force by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon, 35th Wing Public Affairs DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — The 55th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base received their first Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter, also known as the whiskey model, May 3, 2023. «This HH-60W represents the first of many rescue helicopters at Leer másSikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II, Whiskey inbound[…]
Story by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan / U.S. Air Force 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs The USAF (United States Air Force) 920th Rescue Wing conducted a week-long CSAR validation exercise designed to refine mass-casualty emergency response procedures. 920th RQW Airmen from across the wing worked to ensure pararescuemen and aircrew from HH-60G Pave Hawk and Leer másUSAF 920th Rescue Wing conduct CSAR exercise[…]
STRATFORD, Conn., October 12, 2022 — The USAF (U.S. Air Force) declared IOC (Initial Operational Capability) for the Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter, validating the platform’s operational readiness to forward deploy Air Force rescue crews around the globe. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company designed and manufactures the HH-60W, which enables the USAF to conduct Leer másUSAF declares IOC of Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II[…]
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[…]
ORLANDO, Florida , 27 de febrero de 2020 / PRNewswire / – Sikorsky, una compañía de Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), fabricará 12 HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) adicionales tras un segundo contrato de producción inicial de baja tasa (LRIP, Low Rate Initial Production). Adjudicado por la USAF y conocido como Lote 2 está valorado en más de $ 500 millones. Ésta es Leer másEl Sikorsky HH-60W CRH obtiene el segundo contrato de producción inicial de baja tasa (LRIP) de la USAF[…]
