Editing Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk (section)

==Operational history==
[[File:Kadena HH-60G at Sri Lanka.jpg|thumb|right|Sri Lankan relief workers unload vegetables from an HH-60G during an [[Operation Unified Assistance]] mission]]
[[File:451aeg-2.jpg|thumb|An HH-60 Pave Hawk lands as an Army UH-60 Blackhawk prepares to pick up a patient in Afghanistan, 2009.]] 

As of 2015, the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] HH-60G Pave Hawk was operated by the [[Air Combat Command]] (ACC), [[U.S. Air Forces in Europe]] (USAFE), [[Pacific Air Forces]] (PACAF), [[Air Education and Training Command]] (AETC), the [[Air Force Reserve Command]] (AFRC) and the [[Air National Guard]] (ANG).  Some HH-60Gs are also operated by the [[Air Force Materiel Command]] (AFMC) for flight tests.<ref name=HH-60G_USAF_Factsheet/>

During Operation [[Desert Storm]], Pave Hawks provided combat search and rescue coverage for coalition air forces in western Iraq, Saudi Arabia, coastal Kuwait and the [[Persian Gulf]]. They also provided emergency evacuation coverage for [[U.S. Navy]] [[Navy SEAL|SEAL]] teams landing on the Kuwaiti coast before the invasion.<ref name=HH-60G_USAF_Factsheet/>

The [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] (AFSOC) got rid of its MH-60Gs in 1991, redesignating them as HH-60Gs and giving them to Air Combat Command (ACC) and ACC-gained Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard units.<ref name="Eden_H-60"/><ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/>

On 29 October 1992, a MH-60G Pave Hawk crashed in the [[Great Salt Lake]] of Utah about 100 yards north of [[Antelope Island]] during a training exercise in bad weather. Twelve members of the Army's [[75th Ranger Regiment]] and the Air Force's [[1st Special Operations Wing]] died in the accident. The pilot, Air Force Maj. Stephan J. Laushine, was the only survivor.<ref name="Great Salt Lake crash">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=MEMORIAL TO HAIL 12 VICTIMS OF '92 COPTER CRASH |url=https://www.deseret.com/1994/8/12/19124784/memorial-to-hail-12-victims-of-92-copter-crash |website=Deseret News |date=12 August 1994 |access-date=}}</ref>

During [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|Operation Allied Force]], the Pave Hawk provided continuous combat search and rescue coverage for [[NATO]] air forces, and recovered two U.S. Air Force pilots who were isolated behind enemy lines.<ref name=HH-60G_USAF_Factsheet/>

In March 2000, three Pave Hawks deployed to Hoedspruit Air Force Base in South Africa to support international flood relief operations in Mozambique. The HH-60Gs flew 240 missions in 17 days and delivered more than 160 tons <!--which tons? - probably most common one: short ton=2000 lb.--> of humanitarian relief supplies.<ref name=HH-60G_USAF_Factsheet/>

In early 2005, Air Force Pave Hawks also took part in a massive humanitarian relief effort to help in Sri Lankan victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|tsunami]].<ref>Gempis, Master Sgt. Val. [https://www.af.mil/News/story/storyID/123009629/ "Kadena Airmen help Sri Lanka tsunami victims"] . Air Force Print News, 18 January 2005.</ref> In the fall of 2005, Pave Hawks from various Air Force commands helped rescue thousands of stranded survivors of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref name=HH-60G_USAF_Factsheet/>

Pave Hawks operated during [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], [[Operation New Dawn (Afghanistan)|Operation New Dawn]], and [[Operation Enduring Freedom]], supporting Army and Marine Corps ground combat operations and standby search and rescue support for U.S. and coalition fixed-wing combat aircraft.<ref name=HH-60G_USAF_Factsheet/>

On 15 March 2018, a CSAR HH-60G crashed near the Iraqi city of [[Al-Qa'im (town)|al-Qa'im]], killing all seven on board.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eileen| last= Sullivan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/politics/seven-troops-killed-helicopter-crash-iraq.html |title=All 7 U.S. Troops Aboard Helicopter Killed in Crash in Iraq|work=The New York Times|date=16 March 2018|access-date=22 August 2018}}</ref>