Airmen in the 31st Fighter Wing have their transition to a new cutting-edge combat rescue helicopter underway.

The only USAF base in Europe and Africa with CSAR helicopters, Aviano is the last active duty base to transition from the legacy HH-60G Pave Hawk to the recently delivered HH-60W Jolly Green II.

The Air Force's newest combat search and rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, lead the way down the Duke Field runway. It was followed by the Army's multi-role combat helicopter ...

The service logged its final active service flight with the venerable Sikorsky combat search and rescue helicopter, as deliveries of the new HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter ramp up.

Over the last 10 years of active duty service, he has served as the subject matter expert for avionic systems on HH-60G, HH-60W, and HC-130J aircraft and deployed in support of Operations OCTAVE ...