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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70093

* 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.

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Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
October 1980 79-23276 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

In October 1980 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 158th AVN at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date To Date Model Unit Name Location
1980-10-16 1982-02-15 UH-60A HQ, 101st Airborne Division Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1982-02-16 1982-12-15 UH-60A 158th Aviation Battalion Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1982-12-16 1985-11-15 UH-60A 2d Squadron, 17th Cavalry Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1985-11-16 1986-10-15 UH-60A USAG Fort Campbell Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1986-10-16 1987-09-15 UH-60A 158th Aviation Battalion Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1987-09-16 1988-01-15 UH-60A 5-101st Aviation Regiment Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1988-01-16 1988-02-15 UH-60A USAG Fort Campbell Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1988-02-16 1995-02-15 UH-60A DC-ARNG Joint Force Headquarters Washington Reserve Training Center, District of Columbia
1995-02-16 1996-08-15 UH-60A Unknown
1996-08-16 2000-09-15 UH-60A 1-106th Aviation Regiment Peoria, Illinois
2000-09-16 2002-02-15 UH-60A Corpus Christi Army Depot Corpus Christi, Texas
2002-02-16 2002-03-15 UH-60A 1-106th Aviation Regiment Peoria, Illinois
2002-03-16 2002-05-15 UH-60A Corpus Christi Army Depot Corpus Christi, Texas
2002-05-16 2004-10-15 UH-60A 1-106th Aviation Regiment Peoria, Illinois
2004-10-16 2004-12-15 UH-60A 1-106th Aviation Regiment Chicago Reserve Training Center, Illinois
2004-12-16 2007-09-15 UH-60A 1-106th Aviation Regiment Peoria, Illinois
2007-09-16 2008-08-15 UH-60A Corpus Christi Army Depot Corpus Christi, Texas
2008-08-16 2008-09-15 UH-60A A Company, 2-285th Aviation Regiment Phoenix Reserve Training Center, Arizona
2008-09-16 2009-02-15 UH-60A Unknown
2009-02-16 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
July 2017 79-23276 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

In July 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
October 2018 79-23276 UH-60A+ Flag Afghan Air Force

In October 2018 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force. Kabul, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 4

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
August 2021 79-23276 UH-60A+ Flag U.S. Army

In August 2021 the Aircraft was back in Huntsville, Alabama and sold to the Department of State.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 5

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
July 2025 79-23276 UH-60A+ Flag U.S. Department of State INL/A

In July 2025 the aircraft was being sold as scrap.