page_title: Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
section_title: S-70A
hierarchical_section_title: Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk / Variants / S-70A
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context_page_description: The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61.
  Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk, the UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter. This was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have also been developed. Modified versions have also been developed for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. In addition to U.S. Army use, the UH-60 family has been exported to several nations. Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East.
context_section_description: Sikorsky military model for the export market:
  S-70A-1 Desert Hawk: Export version for the Royal Saudi Land Forces.
  S-70A-L1 Desert Hawk: Aeromedical evacuation version for the Royal Saudi Land Forces.
  S-70A-5 Black Hawk: Export version for the Philippine Air Force.
  S-70A-6 Black Hawk: Export version for Thailand.
  S-70A-9 Black Hawk: Export version for Australia, assembled under licence by Hawker de Havilland. First eight delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force, subsequently transferred to the Australian Army; remainder delivered straight to the Army after rotary-wing assets divested by the Air Force in 1989.
  S-70A-11 Black Hawk: Export version for the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
  S-70A-12 Black Hawk: Search and rescue model for the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and Maritime Self Defense Force. Also known as the UH-60J.
  S-70A-14 Black Hawk: Export version for Brunei.
  S-70A-16 Black Hawk: Engine test bed for the Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca RTM 332.
  S-70A-17 Black Hawk: Export version for Turkey.
  S-70A-18 Black Hawk: UH-60P and HH-60P for South Korea built under license.
  Sikorsky/Westland S-70-19 Black Hawk: This version is built under license in the United Kingdom by Westland. Also known as the WS-70.
  S-70A-20 Black Hawk: VIP transport version for Thailand.
  S-70A-21 Black Hawk: Export version for Egypt.
  S-70A-22 Black Hawk: VH-60P for South Korea built under license. Used for VIP transport by the Republic of Korea Air Force. Its fuselage is tipped with white to distinguish from normal HH-60P.
  S-70A-24 Black Hawk: Export version for Mexico.
  S-70A-26 Black Hawk: Export version for Morocco.
  S-70A-27 Black Hawk: Search and rescue version for the Hong Kong Government Flying Service; three built.
  S-70A-28D Black Hawk: Export version for Turkish Army.
  S-70A-30 Black Hawk: Export version for Argentine Air Force, used as a VIP transport helicopter by the Presidential fleet; one built.
  S-70A-33 Black Hawk: Export version for Royal Brunei Air Force.
  S-70A-39 Black Hawk: VIP transport version for Chile; one built.
  S-70A-42 Black Hawk: Export version for Austria.
  S-70A-43 Black Hawk: Export version for Royal Thai Army.
  S-70A-50 Black Hawk: Export version for Israel; 15 built.
  S-70C-2 Black Hawk: Export version for People's Republic of China; 24 built.
  S-70i Black Hawk: International military version assembled by Sikorsky's subsidiary, PZL Mielec in Poland.
  See Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk, Piasecki X-49, and Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk for other Sikorsky S-70 variants.
caption: Jordanian Air Force UH-60L on lift off
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