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First HH-60W to succeed aging Hueys arrives at Joint Base Andrews

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First HH-60W to succeed aging Hueys arrives at Joint Base Andrews
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For the first time in nearly 60 years, the Washington, D.C., area is home to a new rotary-wing aircraft as Joint Base Andrews received their first HH-60W Jolly Green II.



The first in a batch of 26 Jolly Green II aircraft arrived at the Maryland base in a Monday ceremony, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the base as it transitions away from its 26 aging UH-1N “Hueys.”



Straight from Sikorsky’s manufacturing plant in Stratford, Connecticut, the base’s premier HH-60W was flown in by

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