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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70539

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: UH-60A
Effectivity:: 0399
Lot Number:: 06
Mfr. Date:: Mar. 1983
Aircraft Status:: demilitarization
Last Updated:: 2024-06-17

* 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
May 1983	82-23716	UH-60A		U.S. Army
In May 1983 the Aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

May 1983

82-23716

UH-60A

U.S. Army

In May 1983 the Aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1983-05-16	1983-06-15	UH-60A	USAG Fort Campbell	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1983-06-16	1987-10-15	UH-60A	101st Aviation Battalion	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1987-10-16	1995-02-15	UH-60A	4-101st Aviation Regiment	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1995-02-16	1995-12-15	UH-60A	Unknown
1995-12-16	1997-06-15	UH-60A	571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)	Fort Carson, Colorado
1997-06-16	2004-07-15	UH-60A	1-131st Aviation Regiment	Montgomery, Alabama
2004-07-16	2006-02-15	UH-60A	USPFO Activity	Columbia Reserve Training Center, South Carolina
2006-01-16	2007-09-15	UH-60A	1-131st Aviation Regiment	Hope Hull, Alabama
2007-09-16	2008-09-15	UH-60A	C Company, 1-140th Aviation Regiment	Fort Lewis, Washington
2008-09-16	2009-02-15	UH-60A	Unknown
2009-02-16	2009-03-15	UH-60A	1-140th Aviation Regiment	Los Alamitos, California

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
February 2017	82-23716	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

82-23716

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
July 2018	82-23716	UH-60A+		Afghan Air Force
In July 2018 the Aircraft transitioned to the Afghanistan Air Force. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as UH-60A+.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

July 2018

82-23716

UH-60A+

Afghan Air Force

In July 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	82-23716	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

82-23716

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.