In some cases much more impressive than fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters have been around for a tad shorter period of time, but have managed to change the world we live in, from the way we conduct ...

The Sikorsky-made UH-60 Black Hawk is one of the oldest (and impressive) helicopters still in operation. Born in the mid-1970s, it became one of the favorite workhorses for troops in need of rapid ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A heavy-duty helicopter that has helped rescue people not only in New Mexico but also around the world, leaves the land of enchantment today, off to retirement. “It’s been a ...

Pararescuemen with the 58th Rescue Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, prepare for aerial transport during a personnel recovery scenario. (Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos/Air Force) ...

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — U.S. airmen here took their final active-duty flight this week in a rescue helicopter that the Air Force is phasing out after decades of use in saving the lives of American ...

The Pave Hawk’s primary mission is to head into hostile environments to recover people. This makes the twin-engine helicopter well-suited not only for combat, but also civil search and rescue. Twenty ...

The most recent iteration of Jolly Vihar saw three Pave Hawks from Aviano Air Base, Italy, deploy to Pápa Air Base, Hungary. From June 26 to July 7, 2023, three HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters belonging ...

A video on YouTube made by an Air Force pilot shows the tricky nature of midair helicopter refueling. The helicopter is a HH-60G Pave Hawk, designed to rescue downed pilots behind enemy lines. The ...

Dec. 3—The blades of the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter sliced through the air at Kirtland Air Force Base on Tuesday, raising the helicopter into the air for the final flight before retirement. As the ...

The two HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters have arrived at Moody AFB and will be used to begin the transition from the HH-60G Pave Hawk. The U.S. Air Force received the first two operational HH-60W ...

The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with plans for a Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV) that would replace the HH-60G Pave Hawk for combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions and possibly become the Air ...