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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70008

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: JUH-60A
Effectivity:: 0003
Lot Number:: 01
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: active
Last Updated:: 2024-06-12

* 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
February 1979	77-22716	UH-60A		U.S. Army
Aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to the U.S. Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity, Edwards Air Force Base, California and designated as a JUH-60A. During its time with USAAEFA the aircraft was used to conduct several Flight Test to include a limited re-evaluation of deficiencies and shortcomings that were identified during artificial and natural icing flight tests in the 1979–1980-time frame. The aircraft was also used along with aircraft 82-23748 to determine airworthiness and flight characteristics of the sixth-year production UH-60A. In September of 1984 the Aircraft was transferred to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Aircraft was used to teach engineering and experimental flight test techniques. Arrived with 720.5 flight hours on the airframe.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

February 1979

77-22716

UH-60A

U.S. Army

Aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to the U.S. Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity, Edwards Air Force Base, California and designated as a JUH-60A. During its time with USAAEFA the aircraft was used to conduct several Flight Test to include a limited re-evaluation of deficiencies and shortcomings that were identified during artificial and natural icing flight tests in the 1979–1980-time frame. The aircraft was also used along with aircraft 82-23748 to determine airworthiness and flight characteristics of the sixth-year production UH-60A.

In September of 1984 the Aircraft was transferred to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Aircraft was used to teach engineering and experimental flight test techniques. Arrived with 720.5 flight hours on the airframe.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1979-02-16	1984-09-15	UH-60A	USAAEFA	Edwards AFB, California
1984-09-16	1986-09-15	UH-60A	Unknown
1986-09-16	1997-09-15	UH-60A	ACFT INV ST FL TIME ACCT	NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
1997-09-16	2000-09-15	UH-60A	U.S. Naval Test Pilot School	Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland
2000-09-16	2000-10-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
2000-10-16	2000-11-15	UH-60A	U.S. Naval Test Pilot School	Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland
2000-11-16	2001-10-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
2001-10-16	2005-12-15	UH-60A	ACFT INV ST FL TIME ACCT	Troy, Alabama
2005-12-16	2006-05-15	UH-60A	USAATTC	Fort Rucker, Alabama
2006-05-16	2007-06-15	UH-60A	ACFT INV ST FL TIME ACCT	Troy, Alabama

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
October 2001	02-26978	UH-60M		U.S. Army
In October 2001 the aircraft entered the UH-60M Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Modification Program. Work began at the Sikorsky Facility in Troy, Alabama. On 17 September 2003 the aircraft’s first flight as a UH-60M Prototype was completed at the Sikorsky Flight Development Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. In December 2005 the aircraft was transferred to U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center (USAATTC), Fort Rucker, Alabama for flight testing. In March 2007 the aircraft was re-designated as a UH-60M (prototype M-4), and the Tail Number was changed to 02-26978. In September 2011 the aircraft was spotted at Redstone Air Airfield, Huntsville Alabama with the U.S. Army Aviation Flight Test Directorate (USAAFTD).

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

October 2001

02-26978

UH-60M

U.S. Army

In October 2001 the aircraft entered the UH-60M Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Modification Program. Work began at the Sikorsky Facility in Troy, Alabama.

On 17 September 2003 the aircraft’s first flight as a UH-60M Prototype was completed at the Sikorsky Flight Development Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

In December 2005 the aircraft was transferred to U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center (USAATTC), Fort Rucker, Alabama for flight testing.

In March 2007 the aircraft was re-designated as a UH-60M (prototype M-4), and the Tail Number was changed to 02-26978.

In September 2011 the aircraft was spotted at Redstone Air Airfield, Huntsville Alabama with the U.S. Army Aviation Flight Test Directorate (USAAFTD).

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
2007-03-16	2009-03-15	UH-60M	USAATTC	Fort Rucker, Alabama