In some cases much more impressive than fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters have been around for a tad shorter period of time, but have managed to change the world we live in, from the way we conduct ...

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — U.S. airmen here took their final active-duty flight this week in a rescue helicopter that the Air Force is phasing out after decades of use in saving the lives of American ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five big defense contractors on Tuesday withdrew from the U.S. Air Force's latest attempt to replace its aging fleet of HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopters, leaving just Sikorsky ...

What does it take to build a military vehicle? A company must prove it can manufacture machines that get the job done, keep their occupants safe, and most important of all, cost less than similar ...

For a while now we here at autoevolution have been covering military machines. In doing so, we discovered that the U.S. Air Force not only has fearsome fighters and hardware, but also very talented ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has reached a major milestone in fielding its new combat rescue helicopter. The service said on 12 October that Sikorsky’s HH-60W Jolly Green II programme has reached initial ...

Today’s “SOF Pic of the Day” captures a dramatic moment in the skies: a US Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk unleashing a countermeasure flare as an F-15D Eagle maneuvers above during a joint over-water test ...

Feb. 15 (UPI) --The U.S. Air Force plans to award Sikorsky with a contract for upgrades to its new HH-60W combat rescue helicopter in a five-year contract totaling $980.7 million. The sole source ...

The Air Force's next combat rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, is on track to reach the IOT&E phase by the end of March. (Sikorsky) Correction: This story has been updated to correct a ...

The HH/UH-60 (also S-70) Black Hawk series is a family of twin-turbine, medium-lift military transport and utility helicopters. Past models have included the UH-60A, powered by two GE T700-700 ...

Sikorsky has built and delivered more than 4,000 Black Hawks to the U.S. military and 28 U.S. allies since launching the aircraft in the 1970s. (Courtesy: U.S. Air National Guard/Master Sgt. Matt ...