WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
Joint Base Andrews (https://www.jba.af.mil/) activated the 5th Helicopter Squadron Aug. 27, marking the installation's first U.S. Air Force helicopter squadron activation in 60 years.
The squadron stands up at a time when the base anticipates accepting the HH-60W Jolly Green II (https://www.dm.af.mil/About-DM/Fact-Sheets/Article/2844068/hh-60w-jolly-green-ii/) to execute Andrews' 24/7 operations. The 5th HS will do so alongside the 1st Helicopter Squadron, which was the Air Force's only rotary-wing unit in the National Capital Region for six decades until now.
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