In early 2020, then-Air Force Secretary ... nicknamed the “Jolly Green Giant” during the war in Vietnam. While helicopters had been used for search and rescue missions as far back as World ...

A shipment of HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters recently arrived on Okinawa as the Air Force continues to replace its 40-year-old fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawks. Like its predecessor, the Jolly Green ...

The Air Force's new HH‐60W "Jolly Green II" helicopter is heading on its inaugural deployment as Air Force leaders continue to debate how many of the aircraft it will buy. The deployment comes a ...

The newest U.S. Air Force combat rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, has finally reached the IOC (Initial Operational Capability). The milestone was celebrated with a ceremony at Moody ...

A new Air Force combat rescue helicopter, dubbed the Jolly Green II in homage to its Vietnam War-era predecessors, made its first Indo-Pacific flight this week, according to Pacific Air Forces.

The U.S. Air Force’s new HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue helicopter has officially reached initial operational capability (IOC) and gone out on its first deployment, the service ...

The Jolly Green II fleet, named for the HH-3 helicopters flown during the Vietnam ... Airmen have flown Pave Hawks since the early 1980s in conflicts and emergencies from Panama to Afghanistan ...

The Jolly Green II fleet, named for the HH-3 helicopters flown during the Vietnam ... Airmen have flown Pave Hawks since the early 1980s in conflicts and emergencies from Panama to Afghanistan ...

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 ...

The pararescue team deployed in the USAF’s new Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopters, marking the first known real-world operation for the type. “The initial pick-up of the ...