Testiranje HH-60W Jolly Green II
Air Force Begins Live-Fire Testing on New Helicopter, Jolly Green II
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/25/air.....en-ii.html
Citat:The Air Force's new HH-60W combat rescue helicopter, known as the "Jolly Green II," has begun live-fire ground testing, the service said this week.
Airmen with the 413th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, recently fired the aircraft's three primary weapons: the GAU-2, a 7.62mm gatling gun with a 3,000 rounds per minute fire rate; the GAU-18, a .50 caliber machine gun with a 650 to 800 round fire rate; and the GAU-21, a newly designed .50 caliber machine gun with a 950 to 1,100 round fire rate, according to a service release.
All of the ground testing was done using the unit's first "Whiskey 1" model, made by Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky.
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