In June 2024, U.S. Navy aircrews flying MH-60R Seahawk helicopters conducted the rescue of 22 mariners after two commercial vessels were attacked by Houthis in the southern Red Sea and adjacent Gulf of Aden. A central player in Yemen’s civil war, the Houthis used an unmanned surface vessel to damage and then sink motor vessel Tutor, a Leer másSikorsky recognizes Navy HSM-74 MH-60R crew for rescue mission[…]
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Richardson, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet U.S. Navy Sailors from USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM-79) provided assistance during the rescue of 31 mariners from adrift vessel during routine operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. July 16, 2024. A MH-60R Seahawk Leer másUSS Bulkeley and a MH-60S from HSM-79 aids in rescue of 31 mariners from adrift vessel[…]
U.S. 5th Fleet RED SEA — U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) rescue a civilian mariner who was reported overboard from a motor vessel, May 30. The civilian vessel issued a man-overboard distress call. Responding to the call, an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Maritime Leer másU.S. Navy MH-60R rescue civilian mariner reported overboard[…]
OWEGO, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2024 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has completed testing of the integrated mission systems and sensors aboard three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters purchased by the Hellenic Navy. Completed in early December 2023, the tests verify each MH-60R Seahawk aircraft is an efficient and effective air weapon system capable of performing anti-submarine warfare Leer másSikorsky finish flight tests of Hellenic Navy MH-60R helicopters[…]
U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet by Ensign Jatin Khona, electrical officer, USS Roosevelt ROTA, SPAIN – Nearly every day underway, a MH-60R Seahawk helicopter can be seen launching and landing aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, that is currently on its fourth Forward Deployed Leer másMH-60R Seahawk flight operations aboard USS Roosevelt, Rota[…]
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Petty Officer D.S. Randol NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — US Navy HSM-79 (Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 79) established a new detachment in Spain at Naval Station Rota, June 16, 2022. Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, attended the ceremony along with Cmdr. Brett Elko, the commanding Leer másUS Navy HSM-79 establishes new Spain detachment in Rota[…]
PALATKA, Fla. — Two Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopters assigned to the “Spartans” of HSM-70 (Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70) rescue a downed civilian aircraft pilot, near the Palatka Municipal Airport on Monday, March 14, 2022. The two MH-60R Seahawk aircrews were conducting routine training operations when they received a distress call over the international aircraft Leer másTwo MH-60R Seahawk crews of HSM-70 rescue a downed pilot[…]
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin, a RB-M and a Navy MH-60R Seahawk crews successfully rescue two mariners from the shores off Kilauea, Thursday. The Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 (HSM-37) MH-60R Seahawk aircrew transported the mariners to Lihue airport where they were met by EMS. They were reported to be in stable condition. “This Leer másCoast Guard and Navy rescue two mariners off Kilauea[…]
An MH-60R Seahawk aircrew, from the US Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 (HSM 37) rescue a fisherman off Oahu. This Search and Rescue mission was conducted in collaboration with a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew and surface vessels crews after a fishing vessel and the embarked personnel were reported overdue the evening of March Leer másUS Navy MH-60R Seahawk aircrew rescue missing fisherman off Oahu[…]
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Navy medevaced a 69-year-old passenger from the cruise ship Grand Princess 210 miles northwest of Hilo, Wednesday. A Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter crew from the Kaneohe Bay-based Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 (HSM-37) conducted the medevac while an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew provided overhead support. They Leer másCoast Guard and Navy medevac passenger from cruise ship Grand Princess off Hawaii[…]