The Air Force plans to buy 112 new helicopters the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) to replace the aging HH-60 Sikorsky Pave Hawks.

 “Moving forward with the CRH contract award protects a good competitive price and effectively uses the $334 million Congress appropriated for the program,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said in a service statement released Tuesday evening.

‘Sikorsky and our teammate Lockheed Martin thank the U. S. Air Force for enabling us to build a modern and affordable combat rescue helicopter that will replace the service’s rapidly aging HH-60G Pave Hawk fleet,’ a Sikorsky spokesman said in a statement.