The achievement follows testing, evaluation, and training, along with the establishment of a support and maintenance system.

Before the collision, ATC instructed the helicopter to maintain visual separation and to pass behind the inbound jet—important instructions that the crew seems not to have heard.

The 129th RQW, located at Moffett ANG Base, Mountain View, has now received the first two new HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to replace its current ...