USAF Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH)

[RavenOne]

and there was a welcome ceremony at Aviano 10 dyas ago for the first HH-60W

Aviano welcomes new Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopters in official unveiling

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

www.stripes.com

cheers

 

[RavenOne]

Norway to be first foreign customer with FMS possible approved

https://www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/Major-Arms-Sales/Article-Display/Article/4241742/norway-hh-60w-helicopters

cheers

 

[Training_Dummy]

One thing is that the US has typically preferred to conduct meaningful, sustained air operations where it can also field effective CSAR. This was always going to be a problem within the first and and perhaps the second island chains. CCA and MQ-25 might ease this issue, to the extent this concern about recovering downed crew limits how the USAF and USN manned air assets are deployed and used.

 

[DWG]

HH-60W Combat Rescue Helo To Take On D.C. VIP Role | Aviation Week Network

The U.S. Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter will take over distinguished visitor airlift and transport in the Washington, D.C., area.

aviationweek.com

TLDR: HH-60W to take over the DC VIP transport mission planned for the MH-139.

Which seems somewhat bizarre.

 

[yasotay]

HH-60W Combat Rescue Helo To Take On D.C. VIP Role | Aviation Week Network

The U.S. Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter will take over distinguished visitor airlift and transport in the Washington, D.C., area.

aviationweek.com

TLDR: HH-60W to take over the DC VIP transport mission planned for the MH-139.

Which seems somewhat bizarre.

MH-139 = not invented here.
-or-
We spent all that money on these CSAR birds, we need to do something with them.

 

[TomcatViP]

Case 1.
Case 3, the increase in spoofing and GPS jamming, as that of lawmakers assassination attempts, plus the hybridization of warfare, makes having the W a necessary threshold for key political members.

 

[BlackBat242]

One thing is that the US has typically preferred to conduct meaningful, sustained air operations where it can also field effective CSAR. This was always going to be a problem within the first and and perhaps the second island chains. CCA and MQ-25 might ease this issue, to the extent this concern about recovering downed crew limits how the USAF and USN manned air assets are deployed and used.

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That's for a CSAR version of the MV-75 (V-280) to deal with.