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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70075

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0065
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
July 1980	78-23009	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In July 1980 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to C Co/101st AVN at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

July 1980

78-23009

UH-60A

U.S. Army

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

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1980-07-16	1982-02-15	UH-60A	HQ, 101st Airborne Division	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1982-02-16	1987-09-15	UH-60A	158th Aviation Battalion	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1987-09-16	1989-12-15	UH-60A	5-101st Aviation Regiment	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1989-12-16	1991-05-15	UH-60A	9-101st Aviation Regiment	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1991-05-16	1991-06-15	UH-60A	3d Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment	Fort Stewart, Georgia
1991-06-16	1993-07-15	UH-60A	9-101st Aviation Regiment	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1993-07-16	1994-02-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
1994-02-16	1996-01-15	UH-60A	6-159th Aviation Brigade	Fort Rucker, Alabama
1996-01-16	2005-10-15	UH-60A	1-131st Aviation Regiment	Montgomery, Alabama
2005-10-16	2006-05-15	UH-60A	1-131st Aviation Regiment	Hope Hull, Alabama
2006-05-16	2007-11-15	UH-60A	1-131st Aviation Regiment	Mobile Reserve Training Center, Alabama
2007-11-16	2009-03-15	UH-60A	1-131st Aviation Regiment	Hope Hull, Alabama

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
March 2018	78-23009	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In March 2018 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

March 2018

78-23009

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In March 2018 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	78-23009	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

78-23009

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	78-23009	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In August 2021 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

78-23009

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In August 2021 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.