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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70054

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0044
Lot Number:: 2B
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: demilitarization
Last Updated:: 2024-05-05

* 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
April 1980	78-22988	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In April 1980 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to B Co/101st AVN located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

April 1980

78-22988

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In April 1980 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to B Co/101st AVN located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1980-04-16	1982-02-15	UH-60A	HQ, 101st Airborne Division	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1982-02-16	1985-12-15	UH-60A	101st Aviation Battalion	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1985-12-16	1989-10-15	UH-60A	USATSCH	Fort Eustis, Virginia
1989-10-16	1996-03-15	UH-60A	USAALS	Fort Eustis, Virginia
1996-03-16	2003-05-15	UH-60A	3-142nd Aviation Regiment	Latham Reserve Training Center, New York
2003-05-16	2006-10-15	UH-60A	2-238th Aviation Regiment	Shelbyville, Indiana
2006-10-16	2007-08-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
2007-08-16	2009-03-15	UH-60A	2-285th Aviation Regiment	Phoenix Reserve Training Center, Arizona

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
August 2017	78-22988	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In August 2017 the aircraft entered the U.S Army Black Hawk Exchange and Sales Transaction (BEST) Program. Was later selected for the Afghanistan Program and upgraded to a UH-60A+.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

August 2017

78-22988

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In August 2017 the aircraft entered the U.S Army Black Hawk Exchange and Sales Transaction (BEST) Program. Was later selected for the Afghanistan Program and upgraded to a UH-60A+.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 3

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
February 2019	78-22988	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In February 2019 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

February 2019

78-22988

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In February 2019 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 4

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
August 2021	78-22988	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In August 2021 the Aircraft was in the possession of the Afghan Military when it fell to the Taliban. While the U.S. and allied forces conducted ad-hoc demilitarization efforts by clogging fuel lines, removing, or destroying high tech equipment, and physically damaging cockpits and avionics it appears at least 6 UH-60s are once again flyable, for how long is hard to tell.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

August 2021

78-22988

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In August 2021 the Aircraft was in the possession of the Afghan Military when it fell to the Taliban. While the U.S. and allied forces conducted ad-hoc demilitarization efforts by clogging fuel lines, removing, or destroying high tech equipment, and physically damaging cockpits and avionics it appears at least 6 UH-60s are once again flyable, for how long is hard to tell.