An HH-60W Jolly Green II receives fuel from an HC-130J Combat King II during helicopter air-to-air refueling off the coast of California during Exercise Steel Knight 25 on Dec. 10, 2025. This training ...

Steel Knight focused on contested maritime operations, with assets operating from far-off Forward Arming and Refueling Points and Air-Delivered Ground Refueling nodes in the ‘hub-and-spoke’ concept.

NASHVILLE—When Army leaders talk about their new tiltrotor platform, the first thing they tout are its speed, range and load capacity, all eclipsing the UH-60 Black Hawk whose missions it’s destined ...