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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70003

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: YUH-60A
Effectivity:: N/A
Lot Number:: N/A
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: maintenance-trainer
Last Updated:: 2024-04-13

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
28 February 1975	73-21652	YUH-60A		Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
First flight of the third and final Prototype aircraft was on this date at the Sikorsky Facility in Stratford, Connecticut.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

28 February 1975

73-21652

YUH-60A

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

First flight of the third and final Prototype aircraft was on this date at the Sikorsky Facility in Stratford, Connecticut.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
March 1976	73-21652	YUH-60A		U.S. Army
Aircraft was accepted by the U.S. Army and Air Transported to Fort Benning, Georgia where it was placed on display and formally entered the UTTAS Government Competitive Test (GCT) program. The aircraft was then flown to Fort Rucker, Alabama to begin development testing. This included the training of Army Pilots and Maintainers. In May of 1976 the Aircraft was flown to Fort Campbell, Kentucky to begin Operational Testing. Sometime in 1977 this aircraft was used for Live Fire Test and Evaluation, which resulted in firing munitions likely to be encountered in combat at the aircraft. In March of 1980 the Aircraft was transferred to U.S. Army Transportation School (USATSCH) at Fort Eustis, Virginia to be used for Battle Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR) training. In 2002 the Cockpit area was cut away and sent to the Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) at Fort Rucker, Alabama for use as a cockpit test bed for the UH-60M project. The fuselage remained at Fort Eustis as a BDAR trainer.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

March 1976

73-21652

YUH-60A

U.S. Army

Aircraft was accepted by the U.S. Army and Air Transported to Fort Benning, Georgia where it was placed on display and formally entered the UTTAS Government Competitive Test (GCT) program. The aircraft was then flown to Fort Rucker, Alabama to begin development testing. This included the training of Army Pilots and Maintainers.

In May of 1976 the Aircraft was flown to Fort Campbell, Kentucky to begin Operational Testing.

Sometime in 1977 this aircraft was used for Live Fire Test and Evaluation, which resulted in firing munitions likely to be encountered in combat at the aircraft.

In March of 1980 the Aircraft was transferred to U.S. Army Transportation School (USATSCH) at Fort Eustis, Virginia to be used for Battle Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR) training.

In 2002 the Cockpit area was cut away and sent to the Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) at Fort Rucker, Alabama for use as a cockpit test bed for the UH-60M project. The fuselage remained at Fort Eustis as a BDAR trainer.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1980-03-16	1989-12-15	UH-60A	USATSCH	Fort Eustis, Virginia
1989-12-16	2002-09-15	UH-60A	USAALS	Fort Eustis, Virginia