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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70150

* 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
May 1981 79-23333 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

In May 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to B Co/82nd AVN at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date To Date Model Unit Name Location
1981-05-16 1982-02-15 UH-60A HHC, 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1982-02-16 1983-06-15 UH-60A 82nd Aviation Battalion Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1983-06-16 1984-03-15 UH-60A Company I, 159th Aviation Regiment Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1984-03-16 1987-01-15 UH-60A Unknown
1987-01-16 1987-11-15 UH-60A B Company, 82nd Aviation Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1987-11-16 1993-07-15 UH-60A Unknown
1993-07-16 1994-03-15 UH-60A Corpus Christi Army Depot Corpus Christi, Texas
1994-03-16 1994-09-15 UH-60A E Company, 131st Aviation Battalion Birmingham Reserve Training Center, Alabama
1994-09-16 2005-10-15 UH-60A 1-131st Aviation Regiment Montgomery, Alabama
2005-10-16 2005-11-15 UH-60A 1-131st Aviation Regiment Hope Hull, Alabama
2005-11-16 2006-05-15 UH-60A 1022nd Medical Company, Air Ambulance Cheyenne, Wyoming
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
27 October 1983 79-23333 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

On 27 October 1983 during Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada, this aircraft was hit by small arms fire just before landing during the raid on Calivigny Barracks.

  • Unit Involved: B Co/82nd AVN
  • Mishap Location: Grenada
  • Fatalities: 3 PAX from A Co/2-75th Rangers

The aircraft was later repaired and back with B Co/82nd AVN.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 3

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
2014 79-23333 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

In 2014 the aircraft entered the U.S Army Black Hawk Exchange and Sales Transaction (BEST) Program.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 4

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
2015 N540JS UH-60A Flag Brown Helicopter

In 2015 the aircraft was sold to the Commercial Market. FAA Certificate issued to Brown Helicopter INC, Pensacola, Florida on 19 February 2015 and aircraft registered as N540JS.