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  2. Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk - Wikipedia

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    The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army 's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972.

  3. Sikorsky S-70 - Wikipedia

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    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. New and improved versions of the UH-60 have been developed since. Civilian versions, and some military versions, are produced under various S-70 model designations.

  4. 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident - Wikipedia

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    Two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks destroyed, all 26 military and civilian personnel aboard killed. The 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident , sometimes referred to as the Black Hawk Incident , was a friendly fire incident over northern Iraq that occurred on 14 April 1994 during Operation Provide Comfort (OPC).

  5. Sikorsky Aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Sikorsky Aircraft remains a leading helicopter manufacturer, producing such well-known models as the UH-60 Black Hawk and SH-60 Seahawk, and experimental types such as the Sikorsky S-72. Sikorsky has supplied the Presidential helicopter since 1957. Sikorsky's VH-3 and VH-60 perform this role now. The company acquired Helicopter Support Inc ...

  6. List of Sikorsky S-70 variants - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in ...

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    March 28: A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk crashed in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. Fourteen ISAF and Afghan service members were injured. [132] March 23: A Turkish Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter experienced technical problems as it tried to land at a base in Maidan Shar, the capital of Wardak province. It hit a hill as it was coming down ...

  8. Harbin Z-20 - Wikipedia

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    Z-20 ground display at Airshow China 2022 Z-20 Helicopter. The Z-20 is based on the 1970s S-70/UH-60 Black Hawk, [3] which China acquired in the 1980s. [4] Pakistan may also have allowed China to examine wreckage from the US special forces Black Hawk abandoned during the assassination of Osama bin Laden on 1 May 2011.

  9. 2023 Fort Campbell mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    On March 29, 2023, two Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, [1] both operated by the 101st Airborne Division, collided over Fort Campbell in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. [2] [3] All nine servicemembers were killed. [4] The black boxes belonging to the helicopters were found, as well as night-vision goggles used by the pilots during ...