The U.S. Air Force recently launched initial operational testing and evaluation (IOT&E) of the MH-139 Grey Wolf, the helicopter set to replace the service's aging fleet of Bell UH-1N Hueys that ...

The 582nd Helicopter Group at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Montana, achieved a major milestone in its modernization efforts as ...

The MH-139 is a militarized version of Italian aerospace firm Leonardo's AW139 commercial helicopter, and will replace some ...

The helicopters then again quickly took off for ... of formally assigning the “nuclear security mission” to the MH-139. It subsequently also allows the UH-1N Huey to be retired from duty ...

More: Alabama executes Jamie Mills by lethal injection The MH-139 replaces the Air Force’s fleet of UH-1 “Huey” helicopters. The Grey Wolf is designed to transport security forces protecting ...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — The Air Force's newest helicopter, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, completed its first combined test flight, February 11. With a Boeing pilot in command, this test ...

By Jared Keller Posted on Feb 22, 2020 The Air Force has officially started testing its newest helicopter as a replacement ... The Air Force plans on purchasing 85 MH-139 airframes over the ...

Two UH-1N Huey helicopters assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron and a MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter assigned to the 550th Helicopter Squadron fly back to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Jan. 28, ...