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During a series of flight tests in April, the Air Force added new electronic attack techniques to the Angry Kitten Combat Pod on a daily basis.

Jolly Green II developmental testing complete Samuel King Jr. for the U.S. Air Force | April 15, 2021 Estimated reading time 4 minutes, 14 seconds. The Air Force’s new combat search and rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, completed its developmental test program Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Apr. 3. A 413th Flight Test Squadron HH-60W Pave Hawk hangs in the anechoic chamber at the Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems hangar, Jan. 6, 2020, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The J-PRIMES anechoic chamber is a room designed to stop internal reflections of ...

The final test by the Sikorsky and Air Force team was on the aircraft’s weapon systems. The goal of the test was to both demonstrate the performance of the weapons while optimizing weapon-system configurations. “The timely completion of this test program represents an amazing accomplishment by the HH-60W Integrated Test Team,” said Joe Whiteaker, the 413th Flight Test Squadron HH-60W flight chief. “The team consistently overcame tremendous adversity through a mix of innovation and sheer determination.” The result of those labors ensured both the warfighter and the program’s decisi...