The 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, receives its second new helicopter, a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II, Feb. 2, 2025, at Moffett Air National Guard Base near Mountain View, California. The arrival marks the beginnings of the wing's potentially yearlong process of converting from older HH-60G Pave Hawk model helicopters and training aircrew on the newer ones. (Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Ray Aquino)
Several military aircraft postured within various locations around the island of Oahu for exercise Sentry Aloha hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. One of the aircraft, an HC-130J Combat King II, with the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Air National Guard Base, Mountain View, California, participated in the exercise, particularly for Combat Search and Rescue interoperability communications...