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Latest "combat rescue helicopter" stories
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Post-Afghanistan, US Air Force changes Jolly Green II helicopter purchase plans
“The acts of aggression like we’re seeing in Europe, or we might see in the Pacific by [China], put us in a very different scenario from a combat rescue point of view,” says Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
Jolly Green II rescue helicopter on track for operational tests this month
Sikorsky's HH-60W Jolly Green II has multiple improvements to make it safer in a crash and collect information on where the rescue needs to take place.
Sikorsky’s new combat rescue helicopter hovers into production
A "Milestone C" decision means the HH-60W will now move into low-rate initial production.
By Valerie Insinna
See the US Air Force’s new combat rescue helo fly for the first time
The HH-60W helicopter — one of two that Sikorsky fully assembled — flew from the company’s West Palm Beach, Florida, test facility.
By Valerie Insinna