US Air Force wants better infrared jammers for its combat rescue helicopters
Bogdan Hofbauer
The U.S. Air Force is looking for better infrared countermeasures for its HH-60W , the service’s prime combat search-and-rescue helicopter. Most recently, two of the helicopters were used in the high-profile rescue of downed American pilots over Iran , with one HH-60W taking multiple hits from Iranian small-arms fire, wounding crew members aboard, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine. But the HH-60W Jolly Green II lacks a capable advanced infrared countermeasures system,
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