Combat rescue helicopter arrives at Wright-Patterson AFB for permanent display
![The HH-60G turns above Wright-Patterson AFB prior to touching down for the final time.](https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/styles/article_body/public/woodwing/2023-08/218049.jpeg?itok=PW2YEG_r)
The latest exhibit to join the National Museum of the US Air Force in its 50th anniversary year is a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk, serial 92-26463. The combat rescue helicopter arrived at the museum’s Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, home on 16 August.
![Serial 92-26463 is prepared for shut-down.](https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/styles/article_body/public/woodwing/2023-08/218050.jpeg?itok=_okPHdEz)
This example of the Pave Hawk led an April 2004 mission to rescue five US Army soldiers whose helicopter had crashed during a sandstorm near Kharbut, Iraq. Its crew was awarded the Mackay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year by a US Air Force crew. The helicopter was flown to the museum on 16 August, having formerly been on the strength of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada.
![The 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron crew that delivered the Pave Hawk to the museum.](https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/styles/article_body/public/woodwing/2023-08/218051.jpeg?itok=xfrtp0K8)