DefenceTalkDefenceTalkEGLIN AIR FORCE BASE: Approximately 3,000 feet above Eglin Air Force Base, the HH-60W Jolly Green II connected with a HC-130J tanker for the inaugural aerial refueling by the Air Force’s newest combat search and rescue helicopter, Aug. 5. The connection marked the start of two weeks of developmental testing of the aircraft’s aerial refueling […]https://www.defencetalk.com/jolly-green-ii-continues-tests-completes-first-aerial-refueling-76161/

DefenceTalkEGLIN AIR FORCE BASE: An HH-60W Jolly Green II, the Air Force’s new combat search and rescue helicopter, completed a month-long trial of extremes inside the McKinley Climatic Lab April 2. The Sikorsky test aircraft endured real temperatures ranging from 120 degrees to minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit as well as 45 mph winds coupled with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/jolly-green-ii-helicopter-taken-to-extremes-in-trials-75133/

DefenceTalkNew helicopter coined “Jolly Green II” by U.S. Air Force and makes debut at AFA Air Warfare Symposium Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE: LMT), will build 12 additional HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) following a second Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract award by the U.S. Air Force, known as Lot 2, and valued […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sikorsky-hh-60w-combat-rescue-helicopter-program-awarded-lrip-contract-74342/

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE: The Air Force’s newest combat rescue helicopter was suspended in a soundproof chamber at the Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems facility in mid-November for defense system testing. The 413th Flight Test Squadron’s HH-60W spent approximately seven weeks testing the defensive systems upgrades from the legacy HH-60G currently flown […]

DefenceTalkBAE Systems has been selected to provide critical survivability and situational awareness technology for the U.S. Air Force’s HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter. The company will supply its Identification Friend or Foe technology known as the AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder (RST) and its Common Missile Warning System (CMWS). These contracts mark the first time that a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/missile-warning-and-friend-or-foe-systems-to-protect-us-combat-rescue-helicopters-67009/