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Defense Authorizers Want Air Force Secretary to Submit Report on Restoration of Funding for Pave Hawk DVE System

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, December 9th, 2021

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Defense Authorizers Want Air Force Secretary to Submit Report on Restoration of Funding for Pave Hawk DVE System

The 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland AFB, N.M. accepted the Air Force’s newest combat search and rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II last Dec. 17 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force on April 30 canceled a program to help aircrews on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopter overcome degraded visual environments (DVE), but congressional defense authorizers want the service to submit a report on the cancellation and to restore funding for the effort, which may also lead to a system to help aircrews in the HH-60W Jolly Green II, which is to replace the Pave Hawk. The House Armed Services Committee's…

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