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HH-60W Jolly Green II and AH-64 fly together for the first time

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The HH-60W Jolly Green II flew together with the AH-64 for the first time as part of the system testing for the HH-60W.

An HH-60W Jolly Green II taxies in followed by an AH-64 Apache May 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Air Force and Army aircraft (respectively) completed a joint test of the HH-60W systems leveraging the unique configuration of the Apache to provide capabilities normally not available at Eglin AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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B-52H Flak-Bait II

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A B-52 assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing has been named after the U.S. warplane that flew the most combat missions in World War Two.

Flak-Bait II, a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, sits on the flight line at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, May 22, 2020. The jet’s crew chief recently renamed it in honor of a B-26 Marauder that flew more combat missions than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)

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