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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 701200

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0986
Lot Number:: 11
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: written-off
Last Updated:: 2025-08-25

* 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
November 1987	87-26000	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In November 1987 the Aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
14 April 1994	87-26000	UH-60A		U.S. Army
On 14 April 1994 two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters (87-26000, 88-26060) from the 6-159th Aviation Regiment departed on a mission as part of Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq. Both Black Hawks were shot down in a friendly fire incident involving two F-15C Fighters from the U.S. Air Force. According to reports the F-15s were enforcing the no-fly zone and misidentified the Aircraft as Iraqi Hinds. All 26 personnel on board the Black Hawks died. Unit Involved: C Company, 6-159th Aviation Regiment Mishap Location: Northern Iraq Fatalities: 26

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

14 April 1994

87-26000

UH-60A

U.S. Army

On 14 April 1994 two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters (87-26000, 88-26060) from the 6-159th Aviation Regiment departed on a mission as part of Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq. Both Black Hawks were shot down in a friendly fire incident involving two F-15C Fighters from the U.S. Air Force. According to reports the F-15s were enforcing the no-fly zone and misidentified the Aircraft as Iraqi Hinds. All 26 personnel on board the Black Hawks died.

Unit Involved: C Company, 6-159th Aviation Regiment
Mishap Location: Northern Iraq
Fatalities: 26