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The Air Force just started testing its new Grey Wolf helicopter, the replacement for the Huey
The Air Force just started testing its new Grey Wolf helicopter, the replacement for the Huey
Samuel King Jr., Air Force Materiel CommandFeb 20, 2020, 02:05 IST
The MH-139A Grey Wolf, the helicopter that will replace the Air Force's UH-1N Huey fleet, conducted its first combined test flight in Florida this month.
The new helicopter closes the Huey's capability gaps in the areas of speed, range, endurance, payload, and survivability in support of the command's ICBM missions.
"This first flight with Boeing was a critical step for the MH-139A program and allows us to establish a foundation for government testing," Roycroft said.
Boeing completed extensive flight-testing on Grey Wolf to satisfy Federal Aviation Administration requirements before the introduction of mixed contractor and Air Force crews. The MH-139A program should complete initial military ground testing later this month.
"This flight represents a tremendous amount of work and we are all very excited to see it happen," said Andrew Whitten, MH-139A flight chief, who was also on the flight.
The MH-139A is set to replace the Air Force's UH-1N Huey fleet. The new helicopter closes the capability gaps of the UH-1N in the areas of speed, range, endurance, payload and survivability in support of the command's intercontinental ballistic missile missions.
Other mission capabilities include civil search and rescue, airlift support, National Capital Region missions, as well as survival school and test support.
