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 ...

What does it take to build a military vehicle? A company must prove it can manufacture machines that get the job done, keep their occupants safe, and most important of all, cost less than similar ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five big defense contractors on Tuesday withdrew from the U.S. Air Force's latest attempt to replace its aging fleet of HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopters, leaving just Sikorsky ...

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 ...

For a while now we here at autoevolution have been covering military machines. In doing so, we discovered that the U.S. Air Force not only has fearsome fighters and hardware, but also very talented ...

Today’s “SOF Pic of the Day” captures a dramatic moment in the skies: a US Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk unleashing a countermeasure flare as an F-15D Eagle maneuvers above during a joint over-water test ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has reached a major milestone in fielding its new combat rescue helicopter. The service said on 12 October that Sikorsky’s HH-60W Jolly Green II programme has reached initial ...

The Air Force's next combat rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, is on track to reach the IOT&E phase by the end of March. (Sikorsky) Correction: This story has been updated to correct a ...

This month the United States Air Force received the first two HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue helicopters. On November 5, the 23rd Wing and 347th Rescue Group received the newest combat rescue ...