Joint test of JG II, Apache helos

EGLIN AFB, Fla. - The unmistakable sounds of helicopters blades vibrating through the air arrive well before the aircraft. Personnel with the 413th Flight Test Squadron at Duke Field, Fla., turned their eyes northward on May 19. Two “helos” were approaching. The Air Force’s newest combat search and rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II (JG II), lead the way down Duke’s runway, and followed by an Army AH-64 Apache combat helicopter. The two on the north Eglin AFB range completing their first flight and combined test mission together. The Apache, from Redstone Army Test Center in north Alabama, flew in for system testing with the “JG II”. “The unique configuration of the Apache gave the AF team an opportunity to test capabilities of the HH-60W in ways normally not possible here,” said Christopher Martin, 413th FLTS HH-60W Lead Test Engineer. The joint service test-effort marks another milestone in Jolly Green II's development. This year, the new helicopter has completed extreme environment, communications and defense system testing. (Source: Eglin AFB 06/01/20) https://www.eglin.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2201473/jolly-green-ii-apache-fly-together-in-joint-test/