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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70173

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0163
Lot Number:: 03
Mfr. Date:: Jun. 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
July 1981	79-23370	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In July 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 24th AVN BN at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

July 1981

79-23370

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In July 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 24th AVN BN at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1981-07-16	1982-02-15	UH-60A	HQ, 3rd Infantry Division	Fort Stewart, Georgia
1982-02-16	1986-07-15	UH-60A	24th Aviation Battalion	Hunter AAF, Georgia
1986-07-16	1987-11-15	UH-60A	HQ, 3rd Infantry Division	Fort Stewart, Georgia
1987-11-16	1988-04-15	UH-60A	HHC, Aviation Brigade	Hunter AAF, Georgia
1988-04-16	1994-06-15	UH-60A	Unknown
1994-06-16	1994-12-15	UH-60A	D Company, 24th Aviation Regiment	Hunter AAF, Georgia
1994-12-16	1995-03-15	UH-60A	Unknown
1995-03-16	1996-05-15	UH-60A	Corpus Christi Army Depot	Corpus Christi, Texas
1996-05-16	2007-01-15	UH-60A	1-244th Aviation Regiment	New Orleans Reserve Training Center, Louisiana
2007-01-16	2009-03-15	UH-60A	1-244th Aviation Regiment	Hammond Reserve Training Center, Louisiana

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
November 2016	79-23370	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In November 2016 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

November 2016

79-23370

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In November 2016 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	79-23370	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In November 2018 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

November 2018

79-23370

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In November 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	79-23370	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

79-23370

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.