Description
UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Die-Cast Model
Type of Aircraft: United States Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force first for troop deployment and as a new medical evacuation and utility helicopter. conducting general support, air assault, cargo transport, aero-medical evacuation, search and rescue, electronic warfare, and ground attack missions as a gun ship with rocket pods mounts to the skids.
Nation/Service of Origin: United States
Period Operation: Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East that replaced the UH-1 Huey.
Produced: From: 1974 to Present.
Manufacturer: Sikorsky Aircraft
Historical Data of Aircraft:
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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. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61.
Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk, the UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army’s tactical transport helicopter. This was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have also been developed. Modified versions have also been developed for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. In addition to U.S. Army use, the UH-60 family has been exported to several nations. Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East.
I had a dear friend that was a part of the 160th Night stalkers that was a pilot on a Black Hawk that flew Rangers and Delta Forces in Somalia, Mogadishu for snatch-and-grab mission of Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Operation Gothic Serpent.
