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YOUR MILITARY


AIR FORCE’S NEW RESCUE HELICOPTER NOTCHES FIRST SAVES IN AFRICA

By Rachel S. Cohen
 Friday, Jan 13

A U.S. pararescueman prepares to move a simulated casualty to a HH-60W combat
rescue helicopter during a casualty evacuation exercise. (Tech. Sgt. Jayson
Burns/Air Force)

The Air Force’s new search-and-rescue helicopter is proving its worth on its
first combat deployment to Africa.

HH-60W Jolly Green II crews saved the lives of two foreign troops on a December
rescue mission in the Horn of Africa, on the continent’s eastern shore, the
service said Thursday.



It’s the first publicized instance of a real-world overseas save for the HH-60
“Whiskey” since it was declared combat-ready in October.

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By Rachel S. Cohen

According to a press release from the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing, rescue crews
were on alert before dawn. They quickly picked up injured service members and
left the area without incident.

“Pararescuemen performed their own stabilizing emergency medical care in the
aircraft’s cabin,” the Air Force said.



Airmen headed for the nearest medical facility so that one of the wounded could
undergo trauma surgery. HC-130J Combat King II planes, used to recover troops
from the field, ferried the more seriously wounded person to another location
for further treatment.

The Air Force did not provide details of the incident that caused the injuries.

“While personnel may be behind enemy lines, or far from needed support, this
team is equipped to travel great distances and fight their way in and out if
necessary to make the mission happen,” Personnel Recovery Task Force commander
Lt. Col. Thaddeus Ronnau said in the release.

“Even in the vast expanses of Africa, this combined team was able to pull a
critical patient from the battlefield with the Air Force’s newest rescue vehicle
and place them in the hands of skilled trauma surgeons, ultimately saving two
lives,” he said.



The HH-60Ws belong to the 449th Air Expeditionary Group at Camp Lemonnier. The
group handles personnel recovery, regional airlift, base support, intelligence
collection and airfield operations in support of U.S. Africa Command, U.S.
Central Command and foreign militaries in East Africa.

U.S. troops have long been stationed in Djibouti to help stabilize countries in
the region and support local militaries in the fight against terror groups like
Al-Shabaab. Around 4,500 Americans currently live at Camp Lemonnier.

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POST-AFGHANISTAN, US AIR FORCE CHANGES JOLLY GREEN II HELICOPTER PURCHASE PLANS

“THE ACTS OF AGGRESSION LIKE WE’RE SEEING IN EUROPE, OR WE MIGHT SEE IN THE
PACIFIC BY [CHINA], PUT US IN A VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO FROM A COMBAT RESCUE
POINT OF VIEW,” SAYS AIR FORCE SECRETARY FRANK KENDALL.

By Stephen Losey

HH-60W airmen deployed overseas for the first time on Sept. 24, though the Air
Force did not say where the unit from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, went or how
long it would be gone. The Jolly Green II has been in eastern Africa since at
least Dec. 8, 2022, when it conducted a casualty evacuation training exercise in
Djibouti.

The Air Force is nearing the end of Jolly Green II production at manufacturer
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary. Procurement is projected to cost $4.1
billion.



The service asked Congress to cap the buy at 75 HH-60Ws — instead of 113 as
initially planned — in its latest budget request as its post-Afghanistan
priorities evolve. Lawmakers instead provided funding to buy an additional 10
helos, for an 85-piece fleet.

The Jolly Green II fleet, named for the HH-3 helicopters flown during the
Vietnam War, can fly faster and farther than its predecessor and better
withstand threats. Moody was the first Air Force ops base to receive the new
airframes in November 2020.

They are expected to replace an earlier Sikorsky airframe, the HH-60G Pave Hawk,
at several active duty and Air National Guard installations around the world.
Airmen have flown Pave Hawks since the early 1980s in conflicts and emergencies
from Panama to Afghanistan to Japan.

About Rachel S. Cohen

Rachel Cohen joined Air Force Times as senior reporter in March 2021. Her work
has appeared in Air Force Magazine, Inside Defense, Inside Health Policy, the
Frederick News-Post (Md.), the Washington Post, and others.

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