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                        An HH-60W Jolly Green II parks by an AH-64 Apache, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 19, 2020. The Air Force and Army aircraft 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 by Samuel King Jr.)
                
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                        An HH-60W Jolly Green II taxis on the flightline followed by an AH-64 Apache, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 19, 2020. The Air Force and Army aircraft 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 by Samuel King Jr.)
                
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Jolly Green II, Apache complete joint test missionPublished June 3, 2020
                    
                    By  Samuel King Jr.
                    
                    
                    Eglin Air Force Base Public Affairs
            **EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) --**Those common, vibrating “thwip” helicopter sounds arrived well before they showed up, as 413th Flight Test Squadron personnel turned to look to the north at **Eglin Air Force Base**, May 19.
Seconds later, two helicopters appeared and the sounds and vibrations intensified. The Air Force’s newest combat search and rescue helicopter, the **HH-60W Jolly Green II**, led the way down the Duke Field runway. It was followed by the Army’s multi-role combat helicopter, the **AH-64 Apache**.
The two aircraft landed at Eglin AFB completing their first flight and combined test mission together.
The Apache, from Redstone Army Test Center, Alabama, flew in for system testing with the HH-60W.
“The unique configuration of the AH-64 Apache gave our team the opportunity to test capabilities of the HH-60W in ways normally not possible here,” said Christopher Martin, 413th FLTS HH-60W lead test engineer “Tests like these will ensure the Jolly Green II will be able to perform its critical combat search and rescue mission when fielded in the joint warfighting environment.”
The joint service test-effort marks another milestone in Jolly Green II's development. This year, the new helicopter has completed **extreme environment**, c**ommunications and defense system testing** just to name a few.
The 413th FLTS leads the HH-60W integrated test team along with members of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2, and **Air Force Operational Test Center**.
“We are very proud of the work our integrated test team accomplished in 2020 despite a myriad of operational restrictions due to **COVID-19**,” said Shawn Hammond, HH-60W test program manager. “The team’s success is due to a mission-focused mindset to ensure the crews flying the Jolly Green II into combat have the most reliable and capable helicopter for the job.”L/R 



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