Feb. 7, 2025 550th Helicopter Squadron begins MH-139A initial operational tests and evaluations Two UH-1N Huey helicopters assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron and an MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter assigned to the 550th Helicopter Squadron fly back to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Jan. 28, 2025, after an MH-139 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation mission. IOT&E is a critical phase in
May 28, 2024 550th Helicopter Squadron undergoes MH-139 conversion training Tech. Sgt. Alex Graves, 550th Helicopter Squadron operations superintendent, and Staff Sgt. Collin Carbone-marron, 550th Helicopter Squadron flight engineer, sit together on an MH-139A Grey Wolf April 26, 2024, in the Highwood Mountains, Mont. The name Grey Wolf derives from the wild species that
April 3, 2024 908th Airlift Wing receives their first MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter since becoming first formal training unit The 908th Airlift Wing has assigned aircraft for the first time in more than 23 months, or 726 days to be exact, as the first of the wing’s MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters arrived at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 3, 2024.The wing’s last aircraft, a C-130 Hercules, departed Maxwell April 8,
Aug. 29, 2023 Malmstrom AFB pilots, flight engineers attend first Grey Wolf Type 1 training MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. – A select group of Malmstrom Airmen traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last month for the first iteration of MH-139A Grey Wolf Type 1 training held at Leonardo Helicopters Training Academy. During the 32-day curriculum, students were immersed in the classroom, a
May 31, 2023 Huey support of USSTRATCOM during Global Thunder 23 In April 2023, U.S. Air Force UH-1N Iroquois “Huey” crews from the 37th and 40th Helicopter Squadrons flew from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and Malmstrom AFB, Montana, respectively, to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, to support U.S. Strategic Command exercise Global Thunder 2023.
Dec. 19, 2019 Air Force names newest helicopter ‘Grey Wolf’ Air Force Global Strike Command named the MH-139A helicopter, the “Grey Wolf” during a naming ceremony at Duke Field, Florida, Dec. 19, 2019.
June 4, 2019 40th HS, local forces rescue man A U.S. Air Force helicopter crew rescued a man June 3 near Monarch, Montana, concluding ground and air search and rescue groups around 11 p.m.The 40th Helicopter Squadron received the request Monday night around 10 p.m. to assist the Cascade County Sheriff’s Department in rescuing the man after he
March 8, 2019 Airmen aid stranded citizen in snowstorm About 90 miles east of Great Falls, Montana, Carrie Mantooth was driving home Monday, about 5 miles southeast of Denton when she got her car stuck in heavy snow. The temperatures for that day were averaging below zero degrees.
March 4, 2019 40th HS saves local judge An Air Force helicopter crew located and rescued a missing judge Friday just south of Great Falls, concluding the search by ground and air search and rescue groups that began Friday afternoon.The 40th Helicopter Squadron received the request Friday around 3:30 p.m. to assist the Great Falls Police
Jan. 18, 2019 582nd OSS Detachment 4 Change of Command Maj. Cas Smith, right, accepts command of the 582nd Operations Support Squadron, Detachment 4, from Lt. Col. Todd Springer, 582nd OSS commander, Jan. 18, 2019, at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Turner)