03-Apr-24 - US Air Force 908th Operations Group received its first Leonardo/Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf starting the Wing’s transition from an airlift mission to becoming the formal training unit for this helicopter #Alabama
23-Feb-24 - Priority 1 Air Rescue (P1AR) awarded 5-year contract to provide training for up to 140 U.S. Air Force Boeing/Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter Special Missions Aviators (SMAs) #aviators
21-Nov-23 - Boeing delivered the sixth and final Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) MH-139A Grey Wolf to the US Air Force in October. First low rate production helicopter planned to be delivered to USAF in 2024 #mh139
02-Oct-23 - The US Air Force adopts the Boeing/Leonardo MH-139A helicopter to replace the Bell UH-1N Twin Huey advancing one squadron at a time. Units from across the branch collaborate during mission, equipment and readiness training #Andrews
03-Sep-23 - Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base crews and engineers completed a 32-day curriculum for the MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter at the Leonardo Helicopters Training Academy in Philadelphia. The squadron is scheduled to transition from the Bell UH-1N by the end of 2024 #Malmstrom
11-Jun-23 - The first MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter production aircraft for the U.S. Air Force reaches final assembly at the Leonardo’ northeast Philadelphia facility in Pennsylvania. Scheduled for delivery in 2024 #GreyWolf
03-Apr-23 - ContiFederal is building a new Tactical Response Force (TRF) facility outside the Army Aviation Support Center on F.E. Warren Air Force Base to house the new Boeing/Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter. Completion date is Q3 2025 #ResponseForce
10-Mar-23 - US Navy Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at MCAS Cherry Point, NC selected as depot source of repair (DSOR) for US Air Force new helicopters HH-60W Jolly Green II and MH-139A Grey Wolf #FRCE
09-Mar-23 - US Air Force awarded $285M contract to Boeing for production of first 13 MH-139A Grey Wolf. The helicopters are manufactured by Leonardo in northeast Philadelphia while Boeing installs military equipment and provide post-delivery support #Boeing
26-Nov-22 - Crews of the US Air Force 582nd Helicopter Group completed a visit to Ireland to familiarize themselves with the AW139 helicopter operations #Ireland
26-Nov-22 - The 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell AFB, AL will host the Training Unit for the US Air Force new helicopter Leonardo/Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf after nearly 40 years flying the C-130 Hercules #Maxwell
26-Oct-22 - US Air Force 413th Flight Test Squadron (413 FLTS) at Eglin AFB tested the new rappelling system of the Boeing/Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter #rappel
26-Aug-22 - The Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf earned its military flight release allowing Air Force-only aircrew to fly it without Boeing contractors. Lt Col Mary Clark of the 413th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, FL conducted the first flight #GreyWolf
