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Combat search and rescue helicopter
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk is a combat search and rescue helicopter. It was built by Sikorsky Aircraft.
United StatesSikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
Airman Thomas S. Keisler IV · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedCombat search and rescue helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft
In service
United States Air Force Republic of Korea Air Force
112 (HH-60G Pave Hawk)
1982
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
four (two pilots, and two special mission aviators/aerial gunners)
maximum crew 6 / 8 to 12 troops / litters or other cargo
64 ft 10 in (19.76 m)
16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
16,000 lb (7,257 kg)
22,000 lb (9,979 kg)
2 × General Electric T700-GE-700 / -701C turboshaft engines, 1,940 shp (1,450 kW) each
52 ft 8 in (16.05 m)
193 kn (222 mph, 357 km/h)
159 kn (183 mph, 294 km/h)
373 nmi (429 mi, 691 km) with internal fuel
508 nmi (585 mi, 941 km) with external tanks
14,000 ft (4,300 m)
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 19.76 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 19.76 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 19.76 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesUS Air Force (USAF) exact named equipment holdings: HH-60W Jolly Green II. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / CSAR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air National Guard 104,850 reservists exact named equipment holdings: HH-60W Jolly Green II; HH-60G Pave Hawk. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / CSAR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) exact named equipment holdings: HH-60W Jolly Green II. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / CSAR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Force Reserve Command 65,450 reservists exact named equipment holdings: HH-60G Pave Hawk. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / CSAR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for HH-60G/U Pave Hawk / HH-60W Jolly Green II. Service scope: Air Force; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): inventory: 64 / inventory: 32. Origin: USA. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. Cited source 2025-06-20. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
United States Air Force Republic of Korea Air Force
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