Blackhawk

The UH-60 Blackhawk is a military medium lift helicopter used by the United States Army. Specialized variants are used by the US Air Force (HH-60 Pave Hawk), US Navy (SH-60 Seahawk), and US Coast Guard (HH-60 Jayhawk), as well as by other US government agencies and numerous foreign governments.

Link to Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackhawk_helicopter

Appearances:

• Chapter 33-2 - The military helicopter that was sent from Boulder to look for the missing Chinook was a Blackhawk.
  

General Info:

• Crew: 4 (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, door gunner)
  
• Capacity: 14 troops or 6 stretchers
  
• Length: 64 ft, 10 in.
  
• Rotor diameter: 60 ft.
  
• Height: 16 ft, 10 in.
  
• Empty weight: 10,624 lb
  
• Max takeoff weight: 23,500 lb
  

Performance

• Maximum speed:222 mph
  
• Range:368 mi
  

• Entered service in 1979, has seen heavy use in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  
• Extensively upgraded over time, with new versions still in production.
  
• Primary user is the United States Army, variants used by the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard.
  
• Main uses in the Army are troop transport and medical evacuation.
  
• Special variants are equipped with precision navigation equipment and aerial refueling, used for search and rescue and to transport special forces.
  
• Special "stealth" version was used for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.