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Chosen to replace the HH-3F Pelican, the MH-60T is a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family of helicopters and is based on the United States Navy's SH-60 Seahawk helicopter. [1] Development began in September 1986, first flight was achieved on 8 August 1989, and the first HH-60J entered USCG service in June 1990.
Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk, a variant used by the United States Coast Guard for maritime patrol, interdiction, and search and rescue (upgraded from extant HH-60J Jayhawk aircraft beginning in 2007). Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk, a variant used by the United States Marine Corps as presidential and VIP transport helicopter including Marine One.
The Sikorsky MH-60/HH-60 Pave Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. The HH-60 Pave Hawk and its successor the HH-60W Jolly Green II are combat rescue helicopters, though in practice they often serve humanitarian and peacetime disaster rescue. It is a derivative of the UH-60 ...
1.3.1 HH-60 Jayhawk. 1.3.2 HH-60 Pave Hawk. ... This is a list of versions of the Sikorsky S-70 military helicopter family, that entered service starting in the 1979 ...
The air stations and facilities are also home to locally based MH-65D Dolphin and Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters and support rotor craft assigned to flight deck equipped cutters. Unlike Coast Guard Boat Stations, which are subordinate to Sector Commanders , the commanding officer of a Coast Guard Air Station reports directly to the ...
MH-53 Pave Low – Sikorsky; CH-53E Super Stallion – Sikorsky; CH-53K King Stallion – Sikorsky [5] H-54 Tarhe – Sikorsky; H-55 Osage – Hughes; H-56 Cheyenne – Lockheed; H-57 Sea Ranger – Bell; H-58 Kiowa – Bell; H-59 – Sikorsky; H-60 Black Hawk – Sikorsky Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk – Sikorsky; Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk ...
The HH-3F Pelican continued in service until replaced by the HH-60 Jayhawk in the 90s The last HH-52A Seaguard helicopters were transferred from CGAD Salem to CGAS Cape Cod in late 1970 and were phased out prior to the Jayhawk coming on board.
The USAF equips its HH-60/MH-60 Pave Hawk with one or two GAU-15/A, GAU-16/A, or GAU-18/A.50 caliber machine guns, and or GAU-2 series 7.62mm NATO Miniguns. Example; One .50 caliber MG in the floor, firing out of an open door and two 7.62mm NATO miniguns mounted in the door gunner positions.