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Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk
S-70A.jpg
Australian Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk.
Role Helicopter
National origin USA
Manufacturer Sikorsky.
First flight 1974
Introduction 1979
Status Active
Primary user US Army
Produced In production.

The Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk or Sikorsky S-70 is a U.S. military helicopter. It is used by the U.S. Army as a standard assault helicopter. It replaced the Bell UH-1 Iroquois. Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk and Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk are specialized variants of it.

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Images for kids

  • UH-60As over Port Salines airport Grenada 1983

    UH-60A Black Hawks over Port Salinas during the invasion of Grenada, 1983. The conflict saw the first use of the UH-60 in combat.

  • CSA-2005-05-05-102937

    UH-60s equipped with machine guns near An Najaf, Iraq in May 2005.

  • A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard flies to perform a water drop while fighting the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., June 12, 2013 130612-Z-UA373-388

    A view of a UH-60L cockpit

  • UH 60 cockpit over Hollywood

    View of cockpit area of a UH-60

  • Australian Army Black Hawk Zhu-2

    Australian Army S-70A-9

  • Philippine Air Force S-70i Black Hawk

    A Philippine Air Force S-70i Black Hawk landing at Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base on Mactan Island, Cebu

  • Swedish Helicopter Force UH-60

    A Swedish UH-60 landing during a demonstration

  • ROCA UH-60M Black Hawk

    A Republic of China Army UH-60M Black Hawk

  • Black Hawk Down Super64 over Mogadishu coast

    U.S. Army MH-60L during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993

  • MH-60M DAP firing 2.75 inch rockets at a test ground

    160th SOAR(A)'s MH-60 DAP fires its 2.75 in (7.0 cm) rockets on a U.S. Army test range

  • Two UH-60M, 160th SOAR on USS Bataan on 10 Feb. 2006

    MH-60M from the 160th SOAR(A) lands aboard the USS Bataan (LHD-5).

  • VH-60 Marine One (modified)

    VH-60Ns used to transport the President of the United States

  • Austrian Air Force S-70A42

    An Austrian Air Force S-70A42 lands in Paznaun valley

  • UH-60 Brazil (cropped)

    A UH-60 of the Brazilian Air Force

  • Hatzerim 270613 Blackhawk (remix) copy

    An Israeli Air Force UH-60 Yanshuf

  • JASDF UH-60J (cropped)

    A Japan Air Self-Defence Force UH-60J in flight

  • Jordanian Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (cropped)

    A Royal Jordanian Air Force UH-60L on lift off

  • ROCAF S-70C Flying above Songshan Air Force Base (cropped)

    A ROCAF S-70C flying above Songshan Air Force Base

  • Thaiarmy UH60L engineoff

    Royal Thai Army UH-60L from the 9th flying unit in Lopburi province

  • US Army UH-60M (cropped)

    A US Army UH-60M from the 4th Assault Helicopter Battalion

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