The U.S. Air Force has begun phasing out one of its oldest and most reliable assets, the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. This move comes as the Air Force’s 55th RQS (Rescue Squadron) has just returned from a successful deployment, during which the Pave Hawk fleet played a crucial role in a variety of missions, including personnel recovery, casualty evacuation and on-call support to joint and coalition forces.
Airmen unload an HH-60G Pave Hawk from a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McCord at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 17, 2022. The first of three HH-60G Pave Hawks assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron returned from a deployment to an undisclosed location on the Globemaster. This was the final deployment that Davis-Monthan used Pave Hawks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)
