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MH-60R Seahawk vs UH-60 Black Hawk: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

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MH-60R Seahawk

Military helicopter, USA. In service since 2006

What gives it away

Black Hawk shape in grey with a folding tail, a sensor turret under the nose, the tail wheel moved forward and sonobuoy launchers on the side.

Used by

USA, Denmark, Australia, India, Norway, Greece, Spain, South Korea

UH-60 Black Hawk, military helicopter from USA

UH-60 Black Hawk

Military helicopter, USA. In service since 1979

What gives it away

Four-blade rotor, long low fuselage, tail wheel at the very back and a large canted tail rotor on the right.

Used by

USA, Poland, Sweden, Australia and many others

Photo: Matti Blume, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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