Sikorsky S-70

160th SOAR Blackhawks

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MH 60K & MH 47 US Army

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MH-60L Black Hawk : US Army variant. Special operations modification, used by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers"), based on the UH-60L with T700-701C engines.

It was developed as an interim version in the late 1980s pending fielding of the MH-60K.

Equipped with many of the systems used on MH-60K, including FLIR, terrain-following radar, color weather map generator, auxiliary fuel system, and laser rangefinder/designator.

37 MH-60Ls were built and some 10 had received a in-flight refueling probe by 2003.

MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator (DAP): US Army variant. Special operations modification of the baseline MH-60L, operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

The DAP is equipped with ESSS or ETS stub wings, each capable of carrying a M230 Chain Gun 30 mm automatic cannon, rocket pods, and various other armaments. M134D miniguns are used as door guns.

Sikorsky MH-60L

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MH-60M Black Hawk :

US Army variant. Special operations version of UH-60M. It will feature the Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) glass cockpit
and more powerful YT706-GE-700 engines.

Oui, mais des MH 60K furent équipés aussi du YT 706 GE 700...

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MH-60 Black Hawk stealth helicopter:

One of two (known) specially modified MH-60s used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan on 1 May 2011 was damaged in a hard landing, and was subsequently destroyed by US forces.

Subsequent reports state that the Black Hawk destroyed was a previously unconfirmed, but rumored, modification of the design with reduced noise signature and stealth technology

The modifications are said to add several hundred pounds to the base helicopter including edge alignment panels, special coatings and anti-radar treatments for the windshields.

UH-60A RASCAL:

NASA-modified version for the Rotorcraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory: $US25M program for the study of helicopter maneuverability in three programs, Superaugmented Controls for Agile Maneuvering Performance (SCAMP), Automated Nap-of-the-Earth (ANOE) and Rotorcraft Agility and Pilotage Improvement Demonstration (RAPID).

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JUH 60 Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory

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VH-60D Night Hawk:

USMC variant. VIP-configured HH-60D, used for Presidential transport. T700-GE-401C engines.

Variant was later redesignated VH-60N.

VH-60N White Hawk:

USMC variant. Modified UH-60A with some features from the SH-60B/F Seahawks.

Used for Presidential and VIP transport. It entered service in 1988 and nine were delivered.

UH-60J Black Hawk :

Variant for the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and Maritime Self Defense Force produced under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Also known as the S-70-12.

Les UH-60J qui furent déployés en nombre lors de l'accident de Fukushima

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UH 60J

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