{"id":39386,"date":"2024-03-15T20:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/15\/air-forces-first-grey-wolf-patrol-helicopter-arrives-at-malmstrom\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:20:14","slug":"air-forces-first-grey-wolf-patrol-helicopter-arrives-at-malmstrom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/03\/15\/air-forces-first-grey-wolf-patrol-helicopter-arrives-at-malmstrom\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force\u2019s first Grey Wolf patrol helicopter arrives at Malmstrom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s newest helicopter has reported for duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first field-ready MH-139 Grey Wolf arrived at Montana\u2019s Malmstrom Air Force Base earlier this month, marking the start of operations for a new fleet of aircraft designed to safeguard America\u2019s land-based nuclear missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2023\/11\/20\/boeing-grey-wolf-helicopter-production-ramps-up-as-test-phase-ends\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/greywolf.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Boeing Grey Wolf helicopter production ramps up as test phase ends<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The first field-ready MH-139 is in final assembly, and is slated to be delivered in 2024.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grey Wolf will be used to patrol the intercontinental ballistic missile fields at Malmstrom; F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming; and Minot AFB, North Dakota. It replaces the UH-1N Hueys that entered service in 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 341st Missile Wing filmed Malmstrom\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/915578\/first-mh-139a-grey-wolf-arrives-malmstrom-afb\">first Grey Wolf touching down<\/a> on base March 5. Officials from Air Force Global Strike Command, which manages the service\u2019s nuclear enterprise, and the helicopter community celebrated the milestone at a March 9 ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday we begin a new era in ICBM security,\u201d 582nd Helicopter Group Commander Col. Philip Bryant said at the Malmstrom event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou will convert from the Huey to the Grey Wolf at a rapid pace. \u2026 You will not have the luxury to pause the mission,\u201d he told airmen. \u201cEmbrace that challenge. You have an opportunity that few Air Force aviators and few defenders receive, so make the most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing on the MH-139 is one piece of the Air Force\u2019s multibillion-dollar modernizations of its nuclear weapons, the aircraft that carry them and the assets to safeguard them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force says the Grey Wolf can cruise 50% faster and farther than the Huey, with a 30% larger cabin and the ability to lift an additional 5,000 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/air\/2019\/12\/19\/the-air-forces-uh-1n-huey-replacement-helicopter-got-a-new-name-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">received the initial test airframe<\/a> in 2019; the service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/02\/maxwell-afb-activates-new-grey-wolf-training-unit\/\" target=\"_blank\">activated its Grey Wolf training unit<\/a> at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the service had originally planned to purchase as many as 84 helicopters from Boeing under a $2.4 billion production contract, it now expects to drastically shrink that buy to 36 operational airframes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Air Force budget documents, the service has enough money for 42 helicopters, training devices and other support equipment. 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