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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70132

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0122
Lot Number:: 03
Mfr. Date:: Feb. 1981
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
March 1981	79-23315	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In March 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 82nd AVN BN at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

March 1981

79-23315

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In March 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 82nd AVN BN at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1981-03-16	1982-02-15	UH-60A	HHC, 82nd Airborne Division	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1982-02-16	1987-01-15	UH-60A	82nd Aviation Battalion	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1987-01-16	1989-10-15	UH-60A	B Company, 82nd Aviation	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1989-10-16	1990-12-15	UH-60A	2-82nd Aviation Regiment	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1990-12-16	1994-01-15	UH-60A	Unknown
1994-01-16	1994-02-15	UH-60A	D Company, 24th Aviation Regiment	Hunter AAF, Georgia
1994-02-16	1994-12-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
1994-12-16	2007-03-15	UH-60A	1-147th Aviation Regiment	Madison Reserve Training Center, Wisconsin
2007-03-16	2007-11-15	UH-60A	A Company, 1-147th Aviation Regiment	Madison Reserve Training Center, Wisconsin
2007-11-16	2009-03-15	UH-60A	1-147th Aviation Regiment	Madison Reserve Training Center, Wisconsin

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
February 2017	79-23315	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In February 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

February 2017

79-23315

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In February 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
November 2018	79-23315	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In November 2018 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

November 2018

79-23315

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In November 2018 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 4

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
August 2021	79-23315	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

79-23315

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.