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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70821

* 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
January 1985 84-23984 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

In January 1985 the Aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
20 January 2007 84-23984 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

On 20 January 2007 this aircraft was shot down by a combination of several heavy machine guns and a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile north-east of Baghdad, Iraq. This aircraft “Easy 40” was flying trail in a flight of two aircraft conducting a routine daytime mission to ferry soldiers from one base to another.

  • Unit Involved: C Company, 1–131st Aviation Regiment
  • Mishap Location: Barren area south of Baqubah in Diyala province.
  • Fatalities: 12