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On October 3, 1993, during an assault mission to apprehend advisors to the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a Black Hawk helicopter with the call sign Super Six-One was shot down in the city. A combat search and rescue (CSAR) team was sent in to secure the survivors. Then, a second Black Hawk helicopter, call sign Super Six-Four, was shot ...
The pilots of the U.S. Air Force F-15s misidentified the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters as enemy Mil Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters. [ 243 ] On 12 June 1996, two Australian Army Black Hawks collided during an Army nighttime special forces counter-terrorism exercise resulting in the death of eighteen soldiers - fifteen members of the SASR and three ...
The Sikorsky–Boeing SB-1 Defiant (stylized as "SB>1"; company designation S-100) was the Sikorsky Aircraft and Boeing entry for the United States Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. It is a compound helicopter with rigid coaxial rotors, powered by two Honeywell T55 turboshaft engines; it ...
In 2021, Romania purchased S-70M Black Hawk helicopters through the VISION 2020 European Union program. [9] Under the EU-funded program, up to 12 Black Hawks build by PZL Mielec are to be acquired. The first seven S-70M helicopters were delivered in 2023, of which six configured for SMURD and one for the Romanian Police . [ 10 ]
Greece has approved the purchase of 35 UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters from U.S defence contractor Lockheed Martin Corp in an effort to modernize its armed forces, two people with knowledge of the ...
The Vedeneyev M14P is a Russian nine-cylinder, four-stroke, air-cooled, petrol-powered radial engine.Producing 360 hp (268 kW), its design dates from the 1940s (Kotelnikov 2005), and is itself a development of the Ivchenko AI-14 engine.
The new helicopters are compatible with night vision right out of the factory. ... Cal Fire received funding in 2018 to purchase 12 Fire Hawks to build the new fleet, later securing funds for an ...
In January 2025, it was announced that Kosovo's minister of defence had reached an agreement with US State Department officials for the acquisition of several UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Kosovo currently has 3 air bases , and 15+ pilots and it is continuously training new pilots in United States , Turkey and Albania .