The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is an American medium lift utility helicopter that entered United States Army service in 1979 as the replacement for the Vietnam era UH-1 Huey. It became the standard tactical transport helicopter of the United States military, used for troop movement, medical evacuation and special operations, and has been exported widely and built in numerous variants.
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SignificanceWinner of the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System competition, its family of variants now serves every branch of the US armed forces. 1 Connections
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The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift military utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.
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Named after the Sauk 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.
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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.
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The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift military utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.
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The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift military utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.
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improved and uprated Army engine variants for the UH-60 Black Hawk and the AH-64 Apache helicopters
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