Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk

Model

First generation Black Hawk for the US Army. Produced 1977-1989. Certificated for commercial use in 2015

UH-60A Black Hawk News

Portugal Acquired Refurbished Black Hawk for Firefighting, 02-Sep-22 : #BlackHawk Alabama-based Arista Aviation Services will deliver six former US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the Portuguese Air Force to be used mainly in firefighting missions with a 5-years of onsite maintenance and logistical support.

Afghan Air Force Black Hawk Crashed, 11-Dec-18 : #BlackHawk One of the “new” UH-60A+ Black Hawk delivered to the Afghan Air Force crashed last month allegedly after a technical malfunction

Pentagon Found Challenges Replacing Afghan Mi-17, 16-Jun-18 : #problems According a Pentagon report, US plans to replace Afghan Mi-17 with Black Hawks have met new “challenges” as the Russian helicopters are superior in cargo capacity and high altitude flying

40 Years of Black Hawk, 26-Apr-18 :

The first Black Hawk helicopters were delivered to the US Army in 1978. More than 4000 are in service worldwide today

Afghan Black Hawk Pilots Training in Slovakia, 05-Mar-18 : Afghanistan pilots and aviation engineers starting training in new Slovak Training Academy in Kosice