WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force introduced its first fully built HH-60G Pave Hawk Operational Replacement helicopter during a ceremony Tuesday in Hunstville, Ala.
The Pave Hawks are refurbished Army Black Hawk helicopters. The program aims to restore a Pave Hawk fleet lost in the nearly 15 years of combat operations since Sept. 11, 2001, the service said.