U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced that the U.S. Air Force has trapped the new type of combat rescue helicopter HH-60W "Happy Green II (Jolly Green II)" on January 26 to Japan.Become the successor of the HH-60G "Pave Hawk" under the Pacaf (PACAF).
Bryan Donneelly, chief of the air force chief of the Air Force, said: "All HH-60G rescue helicopters deployed by Jiashina are allIt will be replaced. "HH-60W has become a new type of equipment for the US Air Forces fighting and rescue, which will completely replace HH-60G.Jiashanna is a US Air Force base located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The base is located in the southwestern part of Okinawa. The base area accounts for about 1/4 of Okinawa area. It is the largest air force base in the Far East in the Far East.
According to Anthony Canlas, a senior pilot of the US Air Force, HH-60W is called the "whiskey" type, adoptedNew types of avionics equipment and multi -functional displays can provide pilots with key flight data for the execution of combat search and rescue tasks in controversial areas.
From the initial design needs, HH-60W uses an integrated task system to adapt to this role.This new search and rescue helicopter can perform tasks in various threat environments including chemistry, biology, radioactivity and nuclear threats under bad weather conditions.
In October 2012, the U.S. Air Force proposed a combat rescue helicopter (CRH) plan and issued a proposal.HH-60W helicopter was delivered to the US Air Force in November 2022.In 2014, Lockheed Martin and its subsidiary Sikoski joined forces to complete the development of four HH-60W, with a total contract amount of 1.2 billion US dollars.According to the contract terms, the U.S. Air Force can choose to produce 113 other helicopters.
Preliminary design review and key design review were completed in 2016 and 2017, respectively, and the first fly in May 2019.In September 2019, the first 10 HH-60W "low-speed initial production (LRIP)" ordered by the US Air Force.The second batch of 12 LRIPs was put into production in February 2020 with a contract worth $ 500 million.
In October 2023, Sikosky obtained a HH-60W upgrade contract with a total value of $ 650 million to enhance thisThe performance and key character systems of helicopters, including enhanced anti -interference global positioning systems and visual environmental systems.
In December 2023, the US Congress passed the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes prohibiting the reduction of HH-60W battles.Number of rescue helicopters.
