The next generation of Air Force combat rescue sits in a new production line in Connecticut, where two development models of the HH-60W helicopter are finishing assembly to prepare for flight-testing late this year. Sikorsky is moving...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is “reviewing” its “options” after the Government Accountability Office dismissed its pre-award protest of the Air Force’s UH-1N helicopter replacement program, allowing the service to move forward with source selection. “We remain confident the Sikorsky HH-60U offering is the strongest, most capable and only technically...

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England — The relocation of the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons to Aviano Air Base, Italy, slated to be complete by the end of June 2018, is currently underway. The move, initially announced in November 2015, aims to establish a more strategically and economically suited location...

                      A KC-10 Extender from Travis AFB, Calif., helped a fleet of six USMC MV-22s fly their longest continual flight in the aircraft’s history last month. On March 10, the KC-10 from the 9th Air Refueling Squadron took off from...

Pararescuemen at RAF Lakenheath, England, marked the end of an era last week with one final jump at the base. Almost 350 airmen and five HH-60G Pave Hawks from the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons are finalizing their move from Lakenheath to Aviano AB, Italy. To mark the end of...

A                               An estimated 3,000 veterans and military family members on April 18 crowded into the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery to see the unveiling of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and Crewmember Monument. The ceremony marked...

The Air Force expects to formally active its first CV-22 unit in Japan “sometime this fall, signaling the beginning of permanent beddown at Yokota ,” Pacific Air Forces spokesman Capt. Rake Keavy told Air Force Magazine. The first five Ospreys arrived at the base on Thursday, but are expected...

First Ospreys Deploy to Japan —BRIAN EVERSTINE, STEVE HIRSCH, AND AMY MCCULLOUGH The Air Force will deploy five CV-22 Ospreys to Yokota AB, Japan, later this week, US Forces Japan announced late Monday. The Pentagon had announced last year the Osprey deployment, which was originally slated for 2017, would be...

DoD identifies 7 airmen killed in helicopter crash in western Iraq The Defense Department on Saturday released the names of seven airmen who were killed this week when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. The airmen, who were deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, belonged to three different...