Since its introduction in 1979, the UH-60 Black Hawk has not only survived in the U.S. Army for 40 years — it has thrived.

Given the variety and flexibility of the Black Hawk, dozens of nations have imported one variant or another for their own armed forces. The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was thrust to the ...

The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is the U.S. Army’s primary medium-lift utility transport and air assault aircraft. It is a twin-engined medium-lift utility helicopter. It is equipped with a ...

Service: US Army Armament: Guns: 1× 30 mm M230 Chain Gun; or 2× .50 cal GAU-19; or 2× 7.62 mm M134 Minigun; 2× LAU-68D/A rocket pods; Hydra 70 rockets; 2× AGM-114 Hellfire; 2× FIM-92 Stinger ...

Hover over the red squares to read more about the UH-60 Black Hawk heliocopter and the downed helicopter used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound (right). Photos of the wreckage of one of ...