10-Mar-24 - The Government of Croatia has confirmed the purchase of 8 additional Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks, as announced at the end of last year. The deal is valued at $274 million, with the United States covering 51% of the cost. Croatia has already received 4 helicopters, 2 through donation, as part of the plan to replace the Mi-171 helicopters that were transferred to Ukraine
28-Jan-24 - The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 8 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk to Croatia valued $500M. These helicopters, in addition to the 4 already delivered in 2022, are intended to replace the Mi-8/171 transferred to Ukraine #BlackHawk
16-Dec-22 - USAF C-17 delivered last 2 of 4 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the Croatian Air Force. Minister of Defense announced plans to replace remaining Mi-171 with eight more Black Hawks #Croatia
06-Mar-22 - The 2018 Croatia Vertical Lift program is replacing existing helicopters of eastern production (Mi-171) and transferring to western technology. The first 2 UH-60M Black Hawk donated by USA arrived last month #Croatia
03-Feb-22 - Croatia received the first 2 of 4 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters donated by the United States per its commitment as a capable NATO Ally #Croatia
13-Feb-17 - U.S. Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) in charge of pilot and maintenance training of 16 former US Army Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters to Croatia
09-Jun-16 - KFOR forces including Croatian Mi-171, Swiss AS532 and US Army Black Hawks helicopters train together during combat search and rescue exercise Operation Icarus in Kosovo
18-Sep-15 - Croatian, Slovenian, Swiss and U.S. Army flight KFOR crews soared over Kosovo for a multinational, eight-ship helicopter mission, during a large aviation exercise
17-Apr-15 - U.S., Croatian, Slovenian and Hungarian soldiers, all part of Multinational Battle Group-East (MNBG-E, KFOR) participated in Operation Gold Rush training exercise in Kosovo