December 21, 2024Dec 21 Does anyone have vis on the schedule for HH-60G retirements? Curious when/where the last one will be.
December 21, 2024Dec 21 The final HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in the entire U.S. Air Force was retired on December 18, 2024, by the 56th Rescue Squadron at Aviano Air Base in Italy. This marked the end of an era for the Pave Hawk, which had been a crucial part of combat search and rescue missions for decades. https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-12-20/air-force-pavehawk-aviano-helicopter-16227298.html Prior to that... The last HH-60G Pave Hawk at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico was also retired in early December 2024. This helicopter had been in service for 34 years and participated in various search and rescue missions. The 106th Rescue Wing at Gabreski Air National Guard Base in New York retired its first HH-60G in June and finished its conversion by October. And Kadena Air Base in Japan welcomed its first HH-60W in January and retired its last G model by August. The 41st Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia retired its final HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, tail number 356, on September 29, 2021. This helicopter had served for nearly 30 years and participated in numerous rescue missions around the world. Thirty-seven Golfs were heading (STS) to the Boneyard in fiscal 2024, and another twelve going in fiscal 2025.
January 5Jan 5 Author On 12/21/2024 at 2:11 PM, M2 said: The final HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in the entire U.S. Air Force was retired on December 18, 2024, by the 56th Rescue Squadron at Aviano Air Base in Italy. There are still Golfs flying. So I know that isn't true.
January 5Jan 5 38 minutes ago, stract said: There are still Golfs flying. So I know that isn't true. I think it was a poorly worded statement to mean active duty G's.
January 10Jan 10 Worded better... https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/us-air-force-winds-down-hh-60g-pave-hawk-operations/161315.article
February 3Feb 3 On 12/20/2024 at 10:07 PM, stract said: Does anyone have vis on the schedule for HH-60G retirements? Curious when/where the last one will be. G's still have over a year before they're out of the inventory.
August 23Aug 23 https://taskandpurpose.com/news/black-hawk-flying-coffin/ 60's are good f-ing helicopters. The King of Malaysia must die!
August 23Aug 23 1 hour ago, Biff_T said: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/black-hawk-flying-coffin/ 60's are good f-ing helicopters. The King of Malaysia must die! I think he was referring to buying very old second hand versions if you read the whole article.
October 3Oct 3 210 RQS (AKANG) is still in conversion and *should* be the last(total force) unit flying Golfs.
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