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Pave Hawks Need Datalink For In-Flight Threat Updates, Says Wing Commander

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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

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Adding a datalink to the Air Force's current fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk combat-search and-rescue (CSAR) helicopters remains critical so that the aircrews and pararescue personnel can receive in-flight threat updates and readily transition between missions in the air, the commander of one Air Force rescue wing said recently. "It would be very nice to have a datalink on the helicopter[s]," Col. Steve Kirkpatrick, commander of the 920th Rescue Wing that is headquartered at Patrick AFB, Fla., and the only…

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