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UH-60L Black Hawk: UH-60A with upgraded T700-GE-701C engines, improved durability gearbox, and updated flight control system. [10] Produced 1989–2007. [157] UH-60Ls are also being equipped with the GE T700-GE-701D engine. [155] The U.S. Army Corpus Christi Army Depot is upgrading UH-60A helicopters to the UH-60L configuration.
This is a list of versions of the Sikorsky S-70 military helicopter family, that entered service starting in the 1979. It is in service with 35 countries globally, and is commonly known as the UH-60 Black Hawk, the name from its biggest user the United States Army.
The Sikorsky S-70 is an American medium transport/utility helicopter family manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.It was developed for the United States Army in the 1970s, winning a competition to be designated the UH-60 Black Hawk and spawning a large family in U.S. military service.
Cal Fire’s newest addition to its helicopter fleet is the Fire Hawk — a Sikorsky S70i Black Hawk retrofitted to drop water or fire retardant, as well as conduct hoist rescue and night operations.
On March 10, 2015, a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the United States Army crashed off the coast of the Florida Panhandle during a training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, [3] killing all eleven people on board. The helicopter was reported missing during foggy conditions at 8:30 PM. [4]
A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.
United States Army Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk, 87-24261, c/n 70–1149, crashes in Germany about 1800 hrs. local time northeast of Mannheim, killing three people on board. [12] "The crew of the ill-fated UH-60 flight was conducting routine pilot proficiency training from Stuttgart Army Airfield to Coleman Army Airfield in Mannheim.
A variant of the TK-1 for the CH-34/UH-34 helicopter, the TK-2 (Temporary Kit-2) was developed by the USMC for their UH-1E helicopter. The system provides the same four M60C 7.62×51mm machine guns as the TK-1, but adds two independent support rack and pylon assemblies to the system, for mounting an acceptable aircraft style armament.