Rotorcraft
U.S. Air Force Welcomes the Grey Wolf
Boeing and Leonardo are supplying the MH-139A under a rapid acquisition program to replace aging Bell UH-1N Twin Hueys.
The U.S. Air Force's first MH-139A Grey Wolf arrives at Duke Field for the handover and naming ceremony. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
The U.S. Air Force's first MH-139A Grey Wolf arrives at Duke Field for the handover and naming ceremony. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

The U.S. Air Force has received its first example of the militarized version of the Leonardo AW139 helicopter. In the December 19 welcoming ceremony for the first machine at Duke Field, Florida, General Timothy Ray, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), announced that the aircraft will be known as the MH-139A Grey Wolf.


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