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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 701301

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

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Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
1989 88-26105 HH-60G Flag U.S. Air Force

In 1989 the Aircraft was accepted into the Air Force Inventory and assigned to the 210th Air Rescue Squadron (210th ARS) based at Kulis Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Alaska.

In 1995 the Aircraft was located with the 66th Rescue Squadron (66 RQS) based at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
3 September 1998 88-26105 HH-60G Flag U.S. Air Force

On 3 September 1998 two HH-60G’s Pave Hawks #’s 88-26105 & 91-26359 (Call signs “Jolly 38 & 39”) of the 66th RQS at Nellis AFB, NV., collided in midair and crashed, 25 miles north of Indian Springs, NV., just west of Quartz Peak in the Pintwater Mountain Range, during a routine night training mission killing all 12 crewmembers on board the two helicopters.

  • Unit Involved: 66th Rescue Squadron
  • Mishap Location: 25 miles north of Indian Springs, Nevada
  • Fatalities: 12