JTB7,
I didn't rename your post. The original name is still the same and has all those stupid random capital letters in it. What I did was try to point out that we have two types of helicopters for the same reason the Navy has multiple types of airframes.
I just knew they were both rescue helicopters and was wondering the variations between the two. Which one goes after drug traffickers? Or is that a job for the Hercules?
The variations between the two is like asking the difference between a Humvee and an M-1 tank too many to mention. You have seen both right? We ALL (surface, helo, fixed wing) go after drug traffickers. That has been part of our job since 1790. How we go after them is a different story.
For folks asking about how the 60J stays in the air so long, I will have to admit that I have ridden in the back of an H-60 for about ten minutes and that is where my expertise stops. I do know that when they max out on fuel they are maxed out in gross weight as well which I think is somewhere around 21,800. I also know they have a lot of crap inside that aircraft and that they have one external fuel tank on the left and two on the right. No idea how much each holds though. A source I found says it can hold 6,460 lbs of fuel but I don't know for sure. Sorry.