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Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
🇺🇸 United States ·first flight unknown· combat search and rescue helicopter
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HH60 Pave Hawk - American Air Day Duxford (7125012961): Tim Felce (Airwolfhound)· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. HH-60G Pave Hawk: Noah Wulf· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II: Acroterion· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 48th Rescue Squadron - HH-60 Pave Hawk - 2010: U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Heather Cabral· Public domain
- 5. HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter operated by the 56th Rescue Squadron: Airman Thomas S. Keisler IV· Public domain
- 6. 101st Rescue Squadron - HH-60G Pavehawk Helicopters Refueling In Air: United States Air Force· Public domain
- 7. 18thopgroup-hh-60-pavehawk: U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt Chrissy Best· Public domain
- 8. 34th Weapons Squadron - HH-60 Pave Hawk: United States Air Force· Public domain
- 9. A KC-130 Marine Air Refueler from 252nd Transport Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, refuels a USAF HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 66th Expedition - DPLA - f1c0920872d63c15c97c1cb20b03fa57: Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994· Public domain
- 10. A U.S. Air Force combat rescue officer assigned to the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron looks at gear while conducting a preflight inspection on an Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Camp Bastion 130525-F-ZE564-009: SrA Scott Saldukas· Public domain
what is it?
The Sikorsky MH-60/HH-60 Pave Hawk and HH-60W Jolly Green II are a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Both are derived from the Sikorsky S-70 and the UH-60 Black Hawk; they incorporate the United States Air Force (USAF) PAVE electronic systems program and are designed for day or night operations into hostile environments. The MH-60G Pave Hawk's primary mission was the insertion and recovery of special operations personnel.
How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 16.1 m main rotor
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Rotor of 16.1 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- introduced
- 1982
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 112
- role
- combat search and rescue helicopter
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- engines
- 2× General Electric T700-GE-700 / -701C
- passengers
- 12
- length
- 19.8 m
- rotor diameter
- 16.1 m
- height
- 5.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 9,979 kg
- top speed
- 357 km/h
- cruise speed
- 294 km/h
- range
- 691 km
- ceiling
- 4,267 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1364986, Wikipedia: Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.