New AF helo named Jolly Green II

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter will be named Jolly Green II. The new HH-60W is scheduled to replace the HH-60G Pave Hawk. The Jolly Green II will carry on the name of the venerable Vietnam-era HH-3E, which flew combat rescue missions from 1967-95. AF Secretary Barbara Barrett unveiled the name during her keynote here at Air Warfare Symposium on Feb. 27. The Sikorsky helicopter is under production as part of a $7.1B procurement program - with a target to buy 112. Deliveries are expected to begin in the second quarter of FY 2021. Four aircraft have been in test at Sikorsky’s Palm Beach, Fla., facility along with additional electronic systems testing near Eglin AFB, Fla. (Source: AF Magazine 02/27/20) The first of the HH-60W Combat Rescue helicopters touched down at Duke Field, Fla., in early November, its new home with the 413th Flight Test Squadron, aboard the Eglin AFB Range. https://www.airforcemag.com/combat-rescue-helicopter-named-the-jolly-green-ii/