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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70205

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0195
Lot Number:: 04
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
October 1981	80-23447	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In October 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 1-17th CAV at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

October 1981

80-23447

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In October 1981 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to 1-17th CAV at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1981-10-16	1982-02-15	UH-60A	HHC, 82nd Airborne Division	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1982-02-16	1987-04-15	UH-60A	1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1987-04-16	1996-12-15	UH-60A	Unknown
1996-12-16	2006-01-15	UH-60A	24th Medical Company, Air Ambulance	Lincoln, Nebraska
2006-01-16	2006-07-15	UH-60A	2-135th Aviation Regiment	Aurora, Colorado
2006-07-16	2007-03-15	UH-60A	2-135th Aviation Regiment	Fort Hood, Texas
2007-03-16	2007-11-15	UH-60A	C Company, 2-135th Aviation Regiment	Lincoln Reserve Training Center, Nebraska
2007-11-16	2009-02-15	UH-60A	2-135th Aviation Regiment	Fort Hood, Texas
2009-02-16	2009-03-15	UH-60A	2-135th Aviation Regiment	Aurora, Colorado

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
August 2016	80-23447	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In August 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

August 2016

80-23447

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In August 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
March 2018	80-23447	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In March 2018 the aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

March 2018

80-23447

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In March 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	80-23447	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

80-23447

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.