15-Nov-22 - Detachment 1, Bravo Company, 2-151st Aviation Regiment (2-151 AVN), “One Eyed Goose”, 449th Combat Aviation Brigade (449 CAB), North Carolina Army National Guard, held ceremony for reception of first two Airbus UH-72B Lakota helicopters at Morrisville, NC #Lakota
12-Sep-22 - Safran signed Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) contract with the US Army to support over 900 Arriel 1E2 and Arriel 2E engines used by the UH-72A (Bk117C2/EC145T1) and UH-72B (Bk117D3/EC145T2/H145) Lakota fleet #Safran
16-Aug-22 - Colorado Army National Guard at Buckley received the first 2 Airbus UH-72B Lakota to replace current UH-72A fleet. Based on the 5-bladed H145D3 the new model will be delivered to 9 national guard units #Lakota
23-May-22 - Airbus USA awarded follow-on Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) to provide spare parts, material, and engineering support for the US Army fleet of 482 UH-72A and UH-72B Lakota helicopters #Lakota
06-Apr-22 - Arizona Army National Guard will be the first to operate the Airbus UH-72B Lakota helicopter. The new version is based on the 5-blade H145D3 model. Colorado and New Mexico to follow later this year #Arizona
20-Oct-21 - Safran to built the Arriel 2E engine in Texas for the new Airbus UH-72B Lakota helicopter for the US Army. The facility has already built and maintains the Arriel 2D for the H125 and the Arriel 1E2 for the UH-72A #Arriel2E
08-Sep-21 - The first of 18 UH-72B helicopters was delivered by Airbus facility in Columbus, MI to the US Army National Guard. Production of the UH-72A ended last year with 463 helicopters delivered to the US Army, National Guard, Navy and Royal Thai Army #Lakota
28-Aug-20 - The US Army ordered the first 17 UH-72B Lakota based on the Airbus H145/EC1452T2 model. Production of the UH-72A will end in September after 463 helicopters delivered to the US Army, National Guard and Navy #Lakota
