UH-60 Black Hawk

Military helicopter, USA. In service since 1979

How to recognise it

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

Also known as

Black Hawk, UH-60M, S-70

Used by

USA, Poland, Sweden, Australia and many others

Same family

Naming one of these instead still scores family points.

• MH-60R Seahawk

Other helicopters

• A129 Mangusta / T129 ATAK
• AH-1Z Viper
• AH-64D Apache
• AH-64E Apache
• Airbus H145M
• AW101 Merlin
• AW159 Wildcat
• Bell UH-1 Huey
• CH-47 Chinook
• CH-53 Stallion
• Ka-27 / Ka-29
• Ka-50

All 24 helicopters

Sources

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• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk