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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70117

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0107
Lot Number:: 03
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
February 1981	79-23300	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In February 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 101st AVN BN at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

February 1981

79-23300

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In February 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 101st AVN BN at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1981-02-16	1982-02-15	UH-60A	HQ, 101st Airborne Division	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1982-02-16	1985-03-15	UH-60A	101st Aviation Battalion	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1985-03-16	1985-07-15	UH-60A	USAG Fort Campbell	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1985-07-16	1987-10-15	UH-60A	101st Aviation Battalion	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1987-10-16	1993-10-15	UH-60A	4-101st Aviation Regiment	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1993-10-16	1995-03-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
1995-03-16	1997-01-15	UH-60A	Unknown
1997-01-16	2001-06-15	UH-60A	1-114th Aviation Regiment	Camp Robinson, Arkansas
2001-06-16	2002-10-15	UH-60A	2-147th Aviation Regiment	St. Paul Reserve Training Center, Minnesota
2002-10-16	2006-08-15	UH-60A	3-238th Aviation Regiment	Grand Ledge Reserve Training Center, Michigan
2006-08-16	2006-09-15	UH-60A	B Company, 1-104th Aviation	Annville, Pennsylvania
2006-09-16	2007-06-15	UH-60A	3-238th Aviation Regiment	Grand Ledge Reserve Training Center, Michigan
2007-06-16	2008-02-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
2008-02-16	2009-03-15	UH-60A	1-171st Aviation Regiment	Dobbins ARB, Georgia

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
April 2017	79-23300	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In April 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

April 2017

79-23300

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In April 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	79-23300	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In October 2018 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

October 2018

79-23300

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In October 2018 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	79-23300	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

79-23300

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.