View source for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

{{short description|Series of military utility transport helicopters}}
{{About|the Sikorsky S-70 family's US Army military versions and their operators|USAF variants|Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|an overview of the S-70 family and for its civilian models and operators|Sikorsky S-70}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2023}}
<!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout and guidelines. -->
{{Infobox aircraft
 |name= UH-60 Black Hawk
 |image= File:National-Guard-UH-60-Black-Hawk-operations-at-Fort-McCoy.jpg
 | national_origin = United States
 |image_caption= A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk landing, 2019
 |aircraft_type= [[Utility helicopter]]
 |manufacturer= [[Sikorsky Aircraft]]
 |first_flight= 17 October 1974
 |introduction= 1979
 |retired=
 |status= In service
 |primary_user= [[United States Army]] <!--Limit One (1) primary user. Top 5 users listed in 'primary user' and 'more users' fields based on number in their fleets. -->
 |more_users= {{Ubli
  | [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces]]
  | [[Japan Self-Defense Forces]]
  | [[Colombian Armed Forces]] <!-- Only THREE (3) in 'more users' field, four (4) total users with primary user.-->
  }}
 |produced= 1974–present
 |number_built= 5,000 by January 2023<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/sikorsky-delivers-5000th-black-hawk-with-potential-for-new-us-orders/151757.article |title= Sikorsky delivers 5,000th Black Hawk, with potential for new US orders |author= Ryan Finnerty |date= 23 January 2023 |work= Flightglobal}}</ref>
 |developed_from= 
 |variants= {{ubl
  | [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]]
  | [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60 Pave Hawk]]
  | [[Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk|MH-60 Jayhawk]]
  | [[Sikorsky S-70|S-70]] (civilian)
  | [[Mitsubishi H-60]]
  }}
}}

The '''Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk''' is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift [[military]] [[utility helicopter]] manufactured by [[Sikorsky Aircraft]]. Sikorsky submitted a design for the [[United States Army]]'s Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) 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 chief [[Black Hawk (Sauk leader)|Black Hawk]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Tribe receives permanent helicopter display |url=https://www.army.mil/article/258622/tribe_receives_permanent_helicopter_display |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref> 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.

Major variants include the [[United States Navy|Navy]]'s [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]], the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]'s [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60 Pave Hawk]], the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]'s [[Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk|MH-60 Jayhawk]] and the civilian [[Sikorsky S-70|S-70]]. In addition to use by U.S. armed forces, the UH-60 family has been exported to several nations and produced under contract in Japan as the [[Mitsubishi H-60]].

==Development==
[[File:Sikorsky YUH-60A and Boeing Vertol YUH-61A flyoff.jpg|thumb|The flyoff competition in the mid-1970s between the Sikorsky YUH-60A (in front) and Boeing Vertol YUH-61A prototypes]]

===Initial requirement===
In the late 1960s, the United States Army began forming requirements for a helicopter to replace the [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1 Iroquois]], and designated the program as the Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS). The Army also initiated the development of a new, common turbine engine for its helicopters that would become the [[General Electric T700]]. Based on experience in Vietnam, the Army required significant performance, survivability and reliability improvements from both UTTAS and the new powerplant.<ref>Leoni 2007, pp. 8–10.</ref> The Army released its UTTAS request for proposals (RFP) in January 1972.<ref>Leoni 2007, pp. 11, 39.</ref> The RFP also included air transport requirements. Transport within the [[C-130 Hercules|C-130]] limited the UTTAS cabin height and length.<ref>Leoni 2007, pp. 39, 42–43.</ref>

The UTTAS requirements for improved [[Reliability centered maintenance|reliability]], [[survivability]] and lower [[Whole-life cost|life-cycle costs]] resulted in features such as dual-engines with improved [[hot and high]] altitude performance, and a [[modular design]] (reduced maintenance footprint); run-dry [[gearbox]]es; [[Bulletproofing|ballistically tolerant]], redundant subsystems (hydraulic, electrical and [[Aircraft flight control system|flight controls]]); [[Crashworthiness|crashworthy]] crew ([[Vehicle armour#Aircraft|armored]]) and troop seats; [[Oleo strut|dual-stage oleo]] main [[landing gear]]; ballistically tolerant, crashworthy main structure; quieter, more robust [[Helicopter rotor|main]] and [[Tail rotor|tail]] rotor systems; and a [[Self-sealing fuel tank|ballistically tolerant]], crashworthy [[Aircraft fuel system|fuel system]].<ref>Leoni 2007, pp. 42–48.</ref>

Four prototypes were constructed, with the first YUH-60A flying on 17 October 1974. Prior to the delivery of the prototypes to the US Army, a preliminary evaluation was conducted in November 1975 to ensure the aircraft could be operated safely during all testing.<ref>Leoni 2007, p. 165.</ref> Three of the prototypes were delivered to the Army in March 1976, for evaluation against the rival [[Boeing-Vertol]] design, the [[Boeing-Vertol YUH-61|YUH-61A]], and one was kept by Sikorsky for internal research. The Army selected the UH-60 for production in December 1976. Deliveries of the UH-60A to the Army began in October 1978 and the helicopter entered service in June 1979.<ref name="Eden">Eden, Paul. "Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk/Seahawk", ''Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft''. Amber Books, 2004. {{ISBN|1-904687-84-9}}.</ref>

===Upgrades and variations===
[[File:UH-60As over Port Salines airport Grenada 1983.JPEG|thumb|UH-60A Black Hawks over [[Maurice Bishop International Airport|Port Salinas]] during the [[invasion of Grenada]], 1983. The conflict saw the first use of the UH-60 in combat.]]
After entering service, the helicopter was modified for new missions and roles, including mine laying and medical evacuation. An EH-60 variant was developed to conduct electronic warfare and special operations aviation developed the MH-60 variant to support its missions.<ref>Tomajczyk 2003, pp. 15–29.</ref>

Due to weight increases from the addition of mission equipment and other changes, the Army ordered the improved UH-60L in 1987. The new model incorporated all of the modifications made to the UH-60A fleet as standard design features. The UH-60L also featured more power and lifting capability with upgraded T700-GE-701C engines and an improved gearbox, both from the [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60B Seahawk]].<ref name="Leoni p217-8">Leoni 2007, pp. 217–18.</ref> Its external lift capacity increased by {{convert|1000|lb|kg|abbr=on|sigfig= 2}} up to {{convert |9000|lb|kg |abbr=on|sigfig=2}}. The UH-60L also incorporated the SH-60B's automatic flight control system (AFCS) for better flight control with more powerful engines.<ref name= "Bishop_UH-60">Bishop 2008.</ref> Production of the L-model began in 1989.<ref name="Leoni p217-8"/>

[[File:CSA-2005-05-05-102937.jpg|thumb|UH-60s equipped with [[M60 machine gun]]s near [[An Najaf]], Iraq, May 2005.]]
Development of the next improved variant, the UH-60M, was approved in 2001, to extend the service life of the UH-60 design into the 2020s. The UH-60M incorporates upgraded T700-GE-701D engines, improved rotor blades, and state-of-the-art electronic instrumentation, flight controls and aircraft navigation control. After the U.S. DoD approved [[Low rate initial production|low-rate initial production]] of the new variant,<ref>[http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=65f9e39d40a78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=be1660ba040ca110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD "Pentagon Acquisition Panel Authorizes UH-60M Black Hawk Low Rate Initial Production"]. {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130502/http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=65f9e39d40a78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=be1660ba040ca110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD |date=28 September 2011}} ''Sikorsky Aircraft'', 4 April 2005.</ref> manufacturing began in 2006,<ref name=Leoni_p233-6>Leoni 2007, pp. 233–36.</ref> with the first of 22 new UH-60Ms delivered in July 2006.<ref name= "new production UH-60M">[http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=162f45d57ef68110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=69fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD "Sikorsky Aircraft Delivers First New Production UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter to U.S. Army"]. {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130259/http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=162f45d57ef68110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=69fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD |date=28 September 2011}} Sikorsky Aircraft, 31 July 2006.</ref> After an initial operational evaluation, the Army approved full-rate production and a five-year contract for 1,227 helicopters in December 2007.<ref name="UH-60_army-tech"/> By March 2009, 100 UH-60M helicopters had been delivered to the Army.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS182954+25-Mar-2009+PRN20090325 "Sikorsky Aircraft Delivers 100th New Production UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to U.S. ..."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505140944/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS182954+25-Mar-2009+PRN20090325 |date=5 May 2009}} Reuters, 25 March 2009.</ref> In November 2014, the US military ordered 102 aircraft of various H-60 types, worth $1.3 billion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Parsons |first=Dan |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/us-awards-sikorsky-13-billion-in-helicopter-contracts/115189.article |title=US awards Sikorsky $1.3 billion in helicopter contracts |work=[[FlightGlobal]] |date=19 November 2014 |access-date=19 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141119173533/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-awards-sikorsky-1.3-billion-in-helicopter-contracts-406265/ |archive-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>

Following their use in [[Death of Osama bin Laden|the operation to kill Osama bin Laden]] in May 2011, it emerged that the [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)|160th SOAR]] used a secret version of the UH-60 modified with low-observable technology which enabled it to evade Pakistani radar. Analysis of the tail section, the only remaining part of the aircraft which crashed during the operation,<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/us-used-never-seen-before-stealth-choppers-for-osama-raid-103637 "US used never-seen-before stealth helicopters for Osama raid."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506020321/http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/us-used-never-seen-before-stealth-choppers-for-osama-raid-103637 |date=6 May 2011}} ''ndtv.com'', 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.</ref><ref name=ABC_Stealth_Helicopter>Ross, Brian, Rhonda Schwartz, Lee Ferran and Avni Patel. [https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/top-secret-stealth-helicopter-program-revealed-osama-bin/story?id=13530693 "Top Secret Stealth Helicopter Program Revealed in Osama Bin Laden Raid: Experts."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505063728/https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/top-secret-stealth-helicopter-program-revealed-osama-bin/story?id=13530693 |date=5 May 2011}} ''ABC World News'', 4 May 2011.</ref> revealed extra blades on the tail rotor and other noise reduction measures, making the craft much quieter than conventional UH-60s. The aircraft appeared to include features like special high-tech materials, harsh angles, and flat surfaces found only in stealth jets.{{#tag:ref|According to an ''[[Army Times]]'' article, "During the 1990s [[U.S. Special Operations Command]] worked with the [[Lockheed Martin]] [[Skunk Works]] division, which also designed the F-117, to refine the radar-evading technology and apply it to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment's MH-60s," [a retired special operations aviator] said. USSOCOM awarded a contract to Boeing to modify several MH-60s to the low-observable design "in the '99 to 2000 timeframe," he also said.|group="Nb"}}<ref name=Army_Times_stealth_Black_Hawk>Naylor, Sean D. [http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/05/army-mission-helocopter-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk-050411/ "Army mission helicopter was secret, stealth Black Hawk"]. ''[[Army Times]]'', 4 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.</ref> Low observable versions of the Black Hawk have been studied as far back as the mid-1970s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224747/http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA058906 "Structural Concepts and Aerodynamic Analysis for Low Radar Cross Section (LRCS) Fuselage Configurations"]. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717145048/http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord |date=17 July 2011}} DTIC. Retrieved: 23 August 2011.</ref>

In September 2012, Sikorsky was awarded a Combat Tempered Platform Demonstration (CTPD) contract to further improve the Black Hawk's durability and survivability. The company is to develop new technologies such as a zero-vibration system, adaptive flight control laws, advanced fire management, a more durable main rotor, full-spectrum crashworthiness, and damage-tolerant airframe; then they are to transition them to the helicopter. Improvements to the Black Hawk are to continue until the [[Future Vertical Lift]] program is ready to replace it.<ref>[http://sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7bd5681cf69d9310VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD "Sikorsky awarded contract to integrate and test enhanced Black Hawk helicopter capabilities"]. {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121002071324/http://sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7bd5681cf69d9310VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD |date=2 October 2012}} Sikorsky press release, 18 September 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/unmanned/Future-Vertical-Lift-Have-Plan-Need-Money&thinsp_76678.html "Future Vertical Lift: Have Plan, Need Money"] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160325103251/http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/unmanned/future-vertical-lift-have-plan-need-money%26thinsp_76678.html |date=25 March 2016}}. Aviation today, 1 July 2012.</ref>

In December 2014, the [[101st Airborne Division]] began testing new resupply equipment called the Enhanced Speed Bag System (ESBS). Soldiers in the field requiring quick resupply have depended on speed bags filled with items airdropped from a UH-60. However, all systems were ad hoc with bags not made to keep objects secure from impacts, so up to half of the airdropped items would be damaged upon hitting the ground. Started in 2011, the ESBS sought to standardize the airdrop resupply method and keep up to 90 percent of supplies intact. The system includes a hands-free reusable linear brake and expendable speed line and a multipurpose cargo bag. When the bag is deployed, the brake applies friction to the rope, slowing it down enough to keep the bag oriented down on the padded base, a [[honeycomb]] and foam kit inside to dissipate energy.<ref name="army.mil">[https://www.army.mil/article/109286/Adding_new_punch_to_aerial_deliveries/ "Adding new punch to aerial deliveries"], Army, 16 August 2013</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">[https://www.army.mil/article/128843/Picatinny__Speed_Bag__resupplies_Soldiers_with_less_equipment_damage/ "Picatinny 'Speed Bag' resupplies Soldiers with less equipment damage"], Army, 25 June 2014</ref><ref name="The enhanced speed bag system">[https://www.army.mil/article/150801/The_enhanced_speed_bag_system/ The enhanced speed bag system], Army, 7 July 2015</ref>

The ESBS better protects helicopter-dropped supplies, and allows the Black Hawk to fly higher above the ground, {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} up from 10 feet, while travelling {{convert|20|knot|mph km/h}}, limiting exposure to ground fire. Each bag can weigh {{convert|125-200|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and up to six can be deployed at once, dropping at {{convert|40-50|ft/s|m/s}}. Since supplies can be delivered more accurately and the system can be automatically released on its own, the ESBS can enable autonomous resupply from unmanned helicopters.<ref name="army.mil"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="The enhanced speed bag system"/>

==Design==
[[File:A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard flies to perform a water drop while fighting the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., June 12, 2013 130612-Z-UA373-388.jpg|thumb|A UH-60L cockpit]]

The UH-60 features four-blade main and tail rotors, and is powered by two [[General Electric T700]] [[turboshaft]] engines.<ref name=Harding/> The main rotor is fully articulated and has [[elastomeric]] bearings in the rotor head. The tail rotor is canted and features a rigid crossbeam.<ref>Leoni 2007</ref> The helicopter has a long, low profile shape to meet the Army's requirement for transporting aboard a [[C-130 Hercules]], with some disassembly.<ref name=Harding>Harding, Stephen. "Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk". ''U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947''. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. {{ISBN|0-7643-0190-X}}.</ref> It can carry 11 troops with equipment, lift {{convert|2600|lb|kg}} of cargo internally or {{convert|9000|lb|kg}} of cargo (for UH-60L/M) externally by sling.<ref name="UH-60_army-tech"/>

The Black Hawk helicopter series can perform a wide array of missions, including the tactical transport of troops, electronic warfare, and aeromedical evacuation. A [[Very Important Person|VIP]] version known as the VH-60N is used to transport important government officials (e.g., Congress, Executive departments) with the helicopter's call sign of "[[Marine One]]" when transporting the [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=VH-60N Night Hawk Helicopter |url=https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2166718/vh-60n-night-hawk-helicopter/ |website=America's Navy |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=24 July 2025 |date=13 Dec 2021}}</ref> In [[air assault]] operations, it can move a squad of 11 combat troops or reposition a 105&nbsp;mm [[M119 howitzer]] with 30 rounds ammunition and a four-man crew in a single lift.<ref name="UH-60_army-tech">[http://www.army-technology.com/projects/black_hawk/ "UH-60 Black Hawk Sikorsky S-70A – Multi-Mission Helicopter."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609215108/http://www.army-technology.com/projects/black_hawk/ |date=9 June 2007}} ''Army-Technology.com''. Retrieved 24 October 2012. {{Unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pages.ucsd.edu/~bslantchev/courses/pdf/Primer%202%20-%20Weapons%20and%20Ordinance.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://pages.ucsd.edu/~bslantchev/courses/pdf/Primer%202%20-%20Weapons%20and%20Ordinance.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Weapons and Ordnance – PS106IS Primer (v 1.0) |website=ucsd.edu |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref> The Black Hawk is equipped with advanced avionics and electronics for increased survivability and capability, such as the [[Global Positioning System]].

[[File:UH 60 cockpit over Hollywood.jpg|thumb|A view of interior and cockpit of a UH-60]]
The UH-60 can be equipped with stub wings at the top of the fuselage to carry [[Drop tank|fuel tanks]] or various armaments. The initial stub wing system is called [[U.S. helicopter armament subsystems#UH-60 Black Hawk/SH-60 Sea Hawk/HH-60 Jayhawk/HH-60/MH-60 Pave Hawk|External Stores Support System]] (ESSS).<ref>[http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA132964&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf "Preliminary Airworthiness Eval of UH-60A Configured with ESSS."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214150/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA132964&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |date=4 June 2011}} ''US DoD''. Retrieved 24 October 2012.</ref> It has two pylons on each wing to carry two {{convert|230|USgal|L|abbr=on}} and two {{convert|450|USgal|L|abbr=on}} tanks in total.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/> The four fuel tanks and associated lines and valves form the external extended range fuel system (ERFS).{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} U.S. Army UH-60s have had their ESSS modified into the crashworthy external fuel system (CEFS) configuration, replacing the older tanks with up to four total {{convert|200|USgal|L|abbr=on}} crashworthy tanks along with self-sealing fuel lines.<ref name="cefs">{{cite web |url=http://www.robbietanks.com/images/stories/pdfs/aircraft/H-60%20CEFS.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.robbietanks.com/images/stories/pdfs/aircraft/H-60%20CEFS.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=H-60 Black Hawk Crashworthy External Fuel System (CEFS) |publisher=Robertson Fuel Systems |date=July 2010 |access-date=18 November 2013}} {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The ESSS can also carry {{convert|10000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} of armament such as rockets, missiles and gun pods.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/><ref>[http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA196187&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf "Preliminary Airworthiness Eval of UH-60A/ESSS with Hellfire Missile Launcher Installed."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214010/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA196187&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |date=4 June 2011}} ''DTIC.mil.'' Retrieved: 24 October 2012.</ref> The ESSS entered service in 1986. However, it was found that the four fuel tanks obstruct the field of fire for the door guns; thus, the external tank system (ETS), carrying two fuel tanks on the stub wings, was developed.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/>

The unit cost of the H-60 models varies due to differences in specifications, equipment and quantities. For example, the unit cost of the Army's UH-60L Black Hawk is $5.9&nbsp;million while the Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk has a unit cost of $10.2&nbsp;million.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

==Operational history==
The UH-60 Black Hawk is in service with 35 countries as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece to Purchase 35 UH-60M Black Hawks Through FMS |url=https://gbp.com.sg/stories/greece-to-purchase-35-uh-60m-black-hawks-through-fms/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=GBP |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Australia===
[[File:Australian Army Black Hawk Zhu-2.jpg|thumb|An [[Australian Army]] S-70A-9]]

Australia bought early model UH-60 in the 1980s, and is buying a fleet of newer versions ones in the 2020s:
[[Australia]] ordered fourteen S-70A-9 Black Hawks in 1986 and an additional twenty-five Black Hawks in 1987.<ref name="BoeingAust">{{cite web |title=Sikorsky S70A-9 Black Hawk Helicopter |url=https://www.boeing.com.au/resources/en-au/pdf/RAAF-100-Years/Blackhawk-PC.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.boeing.com.au/resources/en-au/pdf/RAAF-100-Years/Blackhawk-PC.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=Boeing |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref><ref name= "Leoni_p253">Leoni 2007, p. 253.</ref> The first US-produced Black Hawk was delivered in 1987 to the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF).<ref name="BoeingAust"/> [[de Havilland Australia]] produced thirty-eight Black Hawks under license from Sikorsky in Australia delivering the first in 1988 and the last in 1991.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Department of Defence |title=Defence Report 1987-88 |date=1988 |publisher=Australian Government Publishing Service |location=Canberra |isbn=064407891X |pages=vi,28 |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/publications/tabledpapers/HPP032016006724/upload_pdf/HPP032016006724.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22publications/tabledpapers/HPP032016006724%22 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/publications/tabledpapers/HPP032016006724/upload_pdf/HPP032016006724.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22publications/tabledpapers/HPP032016006724%22 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="BoeingAust"/> In 1989, the RAAF's fleet of Black Hawks was transferred to the [[Australian Army]].<ref name="BoeingAust"/><ref>{{cite web |title=5th Aviation Regiment |url=http://www.army.gov.au/Who-we-are/Divisions-and-Brigades/Forces-Command/16th-Aviation-Brigade/5th-Aviation-Regiment |website=Australian Army |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227122331/http://www.army.gov.au/Who-we-are/Divisions-and-Brigades/Forces-Command/16th-Aviation-Brigade/5th-Aviation-Regiment |archive-date=27 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Black Hawks saw operational service in [[Cambodia]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Indonesia]], [[East Timor]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Australian Army Flying Museum|title=Army aviation in Australia 1970–2015 |url=http://www.army.gov.au/~/media/Files/Our%20work/Community%20engagement/2015_02_AHQ_ArmyAviation_Factsheet.pdf |publisher=Australian Army |date=2015 |pages=6, 7, 9|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008154311/http://www.army.gov.au/~/media/Files/Our%20work/Community%20engagement/2015_02_AHQ_ArmyAviation_Factsheet.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2016}}</ref>

In April 2009, the then-[[Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)|defence chief]] [[Air chief marshal (Australia)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Angus Houston]], told the [[Australian Government|government]] not to deploy Black Hawks to [[Military history of Australia during the War in Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] as at the time they "lacked armor and self-defense systems", and despite an upgrade to address this underway, it was more practical to use allies' helicopters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cleary |first1=Paul |title=Combat choppers denied |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=The Australian |date=29 November 2014|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/black-hawk-combat-choppers-denied-afghan-aussie-troops/news-story/c2fa5645a7eaad12bc10dfd03992253b|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AIR 5416 - Project Echidna Electronic Warfare Self Protection for ADF Aircraft |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/esd/air5416/air5416.cfm |website=Department of Defence |publisher=Defence Material Organisation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201193609/http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/esd/air5416/air5416.cfm |archive-date=1 December 2008 |date=24 November 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2004, the government selected the Multi-Role Helicopter (MRH-90) Taipan, a variant of the [[NHIndustries NH90#Australia|NHIndustries NH90]], to replace the Black Hawk even though the [[Department of Defence (Australia)|Department of Defence]] had recommended the S‐70M Black Hawk.<ref name="ANAO">{{cite book |author1=The Auditor-General |title=Multi-Role Helicopter Program |date=2014 |publisher=Australian National Audit Office |location=Canberra |isbn=978-0642814975 |series=Audit Report No.52 2013–14 |url=https://www.anao.gov.au/sites/default/files/AuditReport_2013-2014_52.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.anao.gov.au/sites/default/files/AuditReport_2013-2014_52.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |pages=16, 98–101, 107 |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>

In January 2014, the Army began retiring the fleet of 34 Black Hawks from service (five had been lost in accidents) and had planned for this to be completed by June 2018.{{sfn|The Auditor-General|2014|p=84}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coppinger |first1=Bob |title=ARMY & RAAF A25 Sikorsky S70-A9 Black Hawk |url=http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a25.htm |website=ADF-Serials |access-date=21 January 2022 |date=4 April 2021 |archive-date=13 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313022516/http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a25.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of Army]] delayed the retirement of 20 Black Hawks until 2021 to enable the Army to develop a [[special operations]] role capable MRH-90.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerr |first1=Julian |date=1 February 2016 |title=Air: MRH90 Taipan – reaching for 2016 milestones |url=http://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/air-mrh90-taipan-reaching-for-2016-milestones |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320003534/https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/air-mrh90-taipan-reaching-for-2016-milestones |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Australian Defence Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Julian|url=http://www.janes.com/article/56386/australian-army-to-extend-black-hawk-service-lives-for-special-forces-use|title=Australian Army to extend Black Hawk service lives for special forces use|work=[[Jane's Defence Weekly]]|date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105000134/http://www.janes.com/article/56386/australian-army-to-extend-black-hawk-service-lives-for-special-forces-use|archive-date=5 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 10 December 2021, the S-70A-9 Black Hawks were retired from service.<ref name="ADBR21">{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Andrew |date=10 December 2021 |title=With a new Black Hawk on the way, the original is retired |url=https://adbr.com.au/with-a-new-black-hawk-on-the-way-the-original-is-retired/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320003809/https://adbr.com.au/with-a-new-black-hawk-on-the-way-the-original-is-retired/ |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Australian Defence Business Review}}</ref> On the same day, amid issues with the performance of the MRH-90s the government announced that they would be replaced by UH-60M Black Hawks.<ref name="ADBR21"/><ref name="Dutton">{{cite press release |author1=Minister for Defence Peter Dutton |title=Strengthening Army's helicopter capability |url=https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/peter-dutton/media-releases/strengthening-armys-helicopter-capability |website=Department of Defence Ministers |access-date=18 January 2022 |date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111143754/https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/peter-dutton/media-releases/strengthening-armys-helicopter-capability |url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2023, the Army announced the acquisition of 40 UH-60Ms with deliveries commencing in 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Black Hawk helicopters for Defence |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2023-01-18/black-hawk-helicopters-defence |website=Department of Defence |access-date=11 July 2023 |date=18 January 2023}}</ref>

===Brazil===
Brazil received four UH-60L helicopters in 1997, for the [[Brazilian Army]] peacekeeping forces. It received six UH-60Ls configured for special forces, and search and rescue uses in 2008. It ordered ten more UH-60Ls in 2009; deliveries began in March 2011.<ref name=DID_Brazil_Buys>{{cite news |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/brazil-requests-6-uh-60ls-for-300m-03418/ |title=Brazil Buys UH-60L Black Hawks |work=Defense Industry Daily |date=9 September 2012 |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615044106/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/brazil-requests-6-uh-60ls-for-300m-03418/ |archive-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2024, the MoD authorized the purchase of 12 additional UH-60Ms, in a [[US$]]451 million plan.<ref>{{cite web |title=UH-60 Black Hawks|url=https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/extrato-de-contrato-573942328 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728164434/https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/extrato-de-contrato-573942328 |archive-date= 28 July 2024|language=pt|website=gov.br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BRAZIL – UH-60M BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS|url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/brazil-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters-0|date= 24 May 2024|website=[[Defense Security Cooperation Agency]]}}</ref>

===China===
In December 1983, examples of the [[Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma|Aerospatiale AS-332 Super Puma]], [[Bell 214ST|Bell 214ST SuperTransport]] and Sikorsky S-70A-5 (N3124B) were airlifted to Lhasa for testing. These demonstrations included take-offs and landings at altitudes to {{convert|17000|ft|m|-2}} and ''en route'' operations to {{convert|24000|ft|m|-2}}. At the end of this testing, the [[People's Liberation Army]] purchased 24 S-70C-2s, equipped with more powerful GE T700-701A engines for improved high-altitude performance.<ref name="Leoni_p286">Leoni 2007, pp. 286-292.</ref> While designated as civil variants of the S-70 for export purposes, they are operated by the [[People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation|People's Liberation Army Aviation]] units.

===Colombia===
[[File:UH-60 PNC-0601 Black Hawk (5572814109).jpg|thumb|right|A [[Colombian National Police]] UH-60 Black Hawk in November 2010]]
{{For|Colombian civilian operational history|Sikorsky S-70#Colombia}}

Colombia first received UH-60s from the U.S. in 1987. The [[Colombian National Police]], [[Colombian Aerospace Force]], and [[Colombian Army]] use UH-60s to transport troops and supplies to places which are difficult to access by land for counter-insurgency (COIN) operations against drug and guerrilla organizations, for search and rescue, and for medical evacuation. Colombia also operates a militarized gunship version of the UH-60, with stub wings, locally known as ''Arpía'' ({{langx|en|Harpy}}).<ref>Leoni 2007, pp. 270–273.</ref><ref>[http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/Arpía ''Arpía''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003142443/http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/Arp%C3%ADa |date=3 October 2018}}. SpanishDict.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009. "Arpía [ar-pee'-ah] noun 1. (Poetic.) [[Harpy]], a bird of prey represented by poets. (f)"</ref>

The Colombian Army became the first worldwide operator of the S-70i with Terrain Awareness and Warning Capability (HTAWS) after taking delivery of the first two units on 13 August 2013.<ref name=ColBlackhawks2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/10/21/sikorsky_-colombia_takes_delivery_of_first.htm |title=SIKORSKY -Colombia Takes Delivery of First S-70i BLACK HAWK Helicopters with Terrain Awareness and Warning Capability |publisher=HispanicBusiness.com |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=16 November 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205217/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/10/21/sikorsky_-colombia_takes_delivery_of_first.htm |archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>

===Israel===
The [[Israeli Air Force]] (IAF) received 10 surplus UH-60A Black Hawks from the U.S. in August 1994.<ref name=Leoni_p278-9>Leoni 2007, pp. 278–279.</ref> Named ''Yanshuf'' ({{langx|en|Owl}}) by the IAF,<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/blackhawk.html "Sikorsky UH-60 / S-70 Blackhawk (Yanshuf)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603172037/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_%26_Culture/blackhawk.html |date=3 June 2016}} Jewish Virtual Library Retrieved: 18 November 2013.</ref> the UH-60A began replacing [[Bell 212]] utility helicopters.<ref name=Leoni_p278-9/> The IAF first used the UH-60s in combat during 1996 in southern Lebanon<ref name=Leoni_p278-9/> in [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]] against [[Hezbollah]].

===Mexico===
[[File:Sikorsky S-70A-24A Black Hawk, Mexico - Air Force AN2158152.jpg|left|thumb|Mexican Air Force S-70A-24A]]

The [[Mexican Air Force]] ordered its first two UH-60Ls in 1991 to transport special forces units, and another four in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_529.shtml|title=Aztec Rotors – Helicopters of Mexican Air Force|website=acig.org|access-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622225439/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_529.shtml|archive-date=22 June 2009|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In July and August 2009, the [[Federal Police (Mexico)|Federal Police]] used UH-60s in attacks on drug traffickers.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 2009 |title=Mexico sends 1,000 more police to drug area |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna31940160 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320003034/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna31940160 |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=26 September 2009 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/03/mexico.drug.arrests/|title=Mexican police arrest 34 drug cartel suspects|publisher=CNN|date=3 August 2009|access-date=26 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807164313/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/03/mexico.drug.arrests/|archive-date=7 August 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2011, the Mexican Navy received three upgraded and navalized UH-60M.<ref name=Sikorsky>{{cite web |url=http://www.app.com/article/20110824/NJNEWS/308240060/Joint-Base-preps-Blackhawks-for-transfer-to-Mexican-Navy |title=Blackhawks ready to fly for the Mexican Navy |website= app.com |date= 25 August 2011}}</ref> On 21 April 2014, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of 18 UH-60Ms to Mexico pending approval from Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/mexico-%E2%80%93-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters|website=dsca.mil|title=Major Arms Sales|access-date=21 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424130245/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/mexico-%E2%80%93-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters|archive-date=24 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2014, Sikorsky received a $203.6 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=203600000|start_year=2014}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) firm-fixed-price contract modification for the 18 UH-60s designated for the Mexican Air Force.<ref name=did1>{{cite web|url=https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/sikorskys-85-117b-multi-year-8-h-60-helicopter-contract-07465/|title=Sikorsky's $8.5-11.7B "Multi-Year 8" H-60 Helicopter Contract|date=18 March 2015|work=Defense Industry Daily|access-date=19 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924152427/https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/sikorskys-85-117b-multi-year-8-h-60-helicopter-contract-07465/|archive-date=24 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Philippines===
<!--[[File:Philippine Air Force S-70i Black Hawk.jpg|thumb|right|A Philippine Air Force S-70i Black Hawk landing at [[Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base]] on Mactan Island, Cebu]]-->
[[File:PAF S-70A.jpg|thumb|A Philippine S-70-A5 VIP of the Presidential Airlift Wing]]

2 S-70-A5 VIP helicopters purchased 1983 and was delivered in 1984, this Blackhawk served the 250th PAW for more than 3 decades as a Presidential VVIP transport helicopter. Only 1 remains in service with the 505th Search and Rescue Group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-15 |title=Static Display: Philippine Air Force showcases Black Hawk and HU-1 at old Bacolod airport |url=https://bacolodcity.gov.ph/static-display-philippine-air-force-showcases-black-hawk-and-hu-1-at-old-bacolod-airport/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240319120900/https://bacolodcity.gov.ph/static-display-philippine-air-force-showcases-black-hawk-and-hu-1-at-old-bacolod-airport/ |archive-date=2024-03-19 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Bacolod City Government |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2019, the Philippines' [[Department of National Defense (Philippines)|Department of National Defense]] (DND) signed a contract worth US$241.4 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=241400000|start_year=2019}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) with [[Lockheed Martin]]'s Polish subsidiary [[PZL Mielec]] for 16 Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawks to the PAF.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines orders 16 Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk utility helicopters |url=https://www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com/2019/06/philippines-orders-16-sikorsky-s-70i.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240319121830/https://www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com/2019/06/philippines-orders-16-sikorsky-s-70i.html |archive-date=19 March 2024 |access-date=5 June 2019 |website=Asia Pacific Defense Journal}}</ref> On 10 December 2020, the PAF commissioned their first batch of six S-70i Blackhawks, with the remaining 10 to be delivered in 2021.<ref name="PhAF S-70i_commissioning1">{{cite news |date=10 December 2020 |title=PH Air Force boosts fleet with first batch of new Black Hawk choppers |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1370223/ph-air-force-boosts-fleet-with-first-batch-of-new-black-hawk-choppers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211108010451/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1370223/ph-air-force-boosts-fleet-with-first-batch-of-new-black-hawk-choppers |archive-date=8 November 2021 |access-date=10 December 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> In June 2021, the air service received a second batch of five helicopters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/philippine-air-force-receives-five-more-s-70i-black-hawk-helicopters/|title= Philippine Air Force receives five more S-70i Black Hawk helicopters |website=Airforce-technology.com |date= 9 June 2021}}</ref> In November 2021, the third batch of five arrived.<ref name="PhAF S70i batch3 delivery PNA">{{cite news |last=Nepomuceno |first=Priam |date=9 November 2021 |title=Delivery of 'Black Hawk' choppers now complete: PAF |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1159180/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321033655/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1159180/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |work=Philippine News Agency |location=PH |language=en}}</ref>

On 22 February 2022, DND and PZL Mielec formally signed the US$624 million contract for 32 additional S-70i Black Hawks,<ref name="PhAF 32 S70i orders">{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=Philippines signs $624 million deal to purchase 32 Black Hawk helicopters |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/philippines-signs-624-million-deal-to-purchase-32-black-hawk-helicopters-122022201254_1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240319122109/https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/philippines-signs-624-million-deal-to-purchase-32-black-hawk-helicopters-122022201254_1.html |archive-date=2024-03-19 |access-date=2022-02-22 |website=Business Standard}}</ref> totaling to around 48 units ordered.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 December 2021 |title=Additional S-70i Blackhawk Helicopters for the Philippine Air Force? |url=https://www.pitzdefanalysis.net/2021/11/additional-s-70i-blackhawk-helicopters-for-paf.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205105853/https://www.pitzdefanalysis.net/2021/11/additional-s-70i-blackhawk-helicopters-for-paf.html |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=Pitz Defense Analysis}}</ref> This will make the [[Philippine Air Force]] the largest user of S-70i Blackhawk Helicopters globally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 2024 |title=S-70i Black Hawk: Philippines Set To Become World's Largest Operator Of US Choppers; To Add 32 News Helos |url=https://www.eurasiantimes.com/s-70i-black-hawk-philippines-set-to-become-worlds/#:~:text=The%20five%20slated%20for%202023,%F0%9F%87%B5%F0%9F%87%AD%20on%20June%202024.&text=Once%20the%20deliveries%20are%20completed,S%2D70i%20in%20the%20world. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240319121634/https://www.eurasiantimes.com/s-70i-black-hawk-philippines-set-to-become-worlds/ |archive-date=19 March 2024 |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=The Eurasian Times}}</ref>

===Poland===
In January 2019, [[Poland]] ordered four S-70i Black Hawks with four delivered to the [[Polish Special Forces]] in December of that same year.<ref name="PSF batch2 buy of 4 S70i">{{Cite web |date=17 December 2021 |title=Poland Purchases Four New S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters |url=https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/12/17/poland-purchases-four-new-s-70i-black-hawk-helicopters/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240319122332/https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/12/17/poland-purchases-four-new-s-70i-black-hawk-helicopters/ |archive-date=19 March 2024 |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=Overtdefense.com}}</ref> Another four S-70i helicopters are on order with two scheduled for delivery in 2023 and two in 2024.<ref name="PSF batch2 buy of 4 S70i"/> In July 2023, Poland launched a procurement tender for S-70i Black Hawks with a goal to order approximately 32 helicopters.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jennings |first=Gareth |date=21 July 2023 |title=Poland launches Black Hawk helo tender |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/poland-launches-black-hawk-helo-tender |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240319122527/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/poland-launches-black-hawk-helo-tender |archive-date=19 March 2024 |access-date=9 August 2023 |work=Janes}}</ref>

===Slovakia===
In February 2015, the U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of nine UH-60Ms with associated equipment and support to [[Slovakia]] and sent it to Congress for its approval.<ref>{{cite web |title= Slovakia – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters |url= http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/slovakia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters |publisher= [[Defense Security Cooperation Agency]] |access-date= 3 May 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150424025533/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/slovakia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters |archive-date= 24 April 2015 |url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/strike/2015/02/20/us-solvakia-uh60-black-hawk-ukraine-russia-sikorsky/23733525/ "State OK's Slovakia UH-60 Deal"]. Defense News, 20 February 2015.</ref> In April 2015, Slovakia's government approved the procurement of nine UH-60Ms along with training and support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/47907/slovakia-considering-us-black-hawk-offer |title=Slovakia considering US Black Hawk offer |work=Janes.com |date=14 January 2015 |access-date=30 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907115439/http://www.janes.com/article/47907/slovakia-considering-us-black-hawk-offer |archive-date=7 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.janes.com/article/51100/slovak-hip-replacement-settles-on-nine-black-hawks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822093725/http://www.janes.com/article/51100/slovak-hip-replacement-settles-on-nine-black-hawks|date=22 August 2015}} Jane's</ref> In September 2015, Slovakia ordered four UH-60Ms.<ref name=Sik_contract>{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/616222/ |title=Contracts for September 3, 2015 |access-date=1 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301051349/https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/616222 |archive-date=1 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The first two UH-60Ms were delivered in June 2017; the [[Slovak Air Force]] had received all nine UH-60Ms by January 2020. These are to replace its old Soviet [[Mil Mi-17]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/slovakia-shows-off-new-black-hawk-440872/ |title=Slovakia shows off new Black Hawk|date=6 September 2017|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907033520/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/slovakia-shows-off-new-black-hawk-440872/|archive-date=7 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/59afe8113d2d2e364b8b4567/slovakia-shows-off-new-black-hawk|title=SLOVAKIA SHOWS OFF NEW BLACK HAWK |last=TeamAirsoc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1986653_exkluzivne-zabery-v-presove-pristali-posledne-tri-nove-black-hawky-z-ameriky|title=Exclusive shots: The last three new Black Hawks from America landed in Presov|date=11 January 2020|publisher=tvnoviny.sk}}</ref> In 2020, the Slovak minister of defense announced Slovakia's interest in buying two more UH-60Ms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naď: Ponuku od USA plánujeme využiť na vrtuľníky Black Hawk a ich výbavu|url=https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/2268682-nad-ponuku-od-usa-planujeme-vyuzit-na-vrtulniky-black-hawk-a-ich-vybavu|website=HN Slovensko|date=20 December 2020}}</ref>

Slovak Training Academy (European Air Services / Heli Company) from [[Košice]], a private company, operates some older UH-60As & Bs for pilot training, aerial fire fighting and sky crane operations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.helis.com/database/news/afghan-black-hawk-slovakia/|title= Afghan Black Hawk Pilots Training in Slovakia|website=Helis.com}}</ref>

===Sweden===
[[File:Swedish Helicopter Force UH-60.png|thumb|right|A Swedish UH-60 landing during a demonstration]]

Sweden requested 15 UH-60M helicopters by Foreign Military Sale in September 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sweden-makes-surprise-black-hawk-request-348111/ |title= Sweden makes surprise Black Hawk request |work= FlightGlobal |access-date= 7 October 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131205182157/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sweden-makes-surprise-black-hawk-request-348111/ |archive-date= 5 December 2013 |url-status= live}}</ref> The UH-60Ms were ordered in May 2011, and deliveries began in January 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/sweden-orders-uh-60m-helicopters-for-afghan-csarmedevac-06857/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110505025404/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Sweden-Orders-UH-60M-Helicopters-for-Afghan-CSARMEDEVAC-06857/ |url-status=dead|archive-date= 5 May 2011 |title= Sweden Ordering H-60M Helicopters for Afghan CSAR/MEDEVAC |work= Defense Industry Daily |date= 16 July 2012}}</ref> In March 2013, Swedish ISAF forces began using Black Hawks in Afghanistan for MEDEVAC purposes.<ref>{{cite web |author=av: Lasse Jansson |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Forband/Helikopterflottiljen-Hkpflj/Nyheter/Helikopter-16-pa-vag-till-Afghanistan/ |title=Helikopter 16 på väg till Afghanistan - Försvarsmakten |publisher=Forsvarsmakten.se |access-date=16 November 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418103205/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Forband/Helikopterflottiljen-Hkpflj/Nyheter/Helikopter-16-pa-vag-till-Afghanistan/ |archive-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> The UH-60Ms have been fully operational since 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.expressen.se/ekonomi/1.2396105/sverige-koper-15-black-hawk-helikoptrar |title= Sverige köper 15 Black Hawk-helikoptrar |website= Expressen |date= 9 April 2011 |access-date= 9 April 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110411043528/http://www.expressen.se/ekonomi/1.2396105/sverige-koper-15-black-hawk-helikoptrar |archive-date= 11 April 2011 |url-status=dead}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expressen.se%2Fekonomi%2F1.2396105%2Fsverige-koper-15-black-hawk-helikoptrar&sl=sv&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 (English translation)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302170134/http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expressen.se%2Fekonomi%2F1.2396105%2Fsverige-koper-15-black-hawk-helikoptrar&sl=sv&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 |date=2 March 2016}}</ref> Sweden designates it the Helicopter 16 (Hkp 16). In June 2024, Sweden ordered 12 more UH-60Ms from the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fmv.se/aktuellt--press/aktuella-handelser/bestallning-av-tolv-helikoptrar/ |title=Beställning av tolv helikoptrar |publisher=FMV |language=sv |date=10 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>

===South Korea===
The Republic of Korea Armed Forces is also an operator and has produced about 130 aircraft under license from [[Korean Air]] since the 1990s and domestically producing and introducing the UH-60 simulator. However, the cockpit is analog compared to the digital one in the United States, but since this business started after the 1988 Olympics, there was no such thing as a glass cockpit with an LCD monitor. Currently, the majority of South Korea's UH-60s belong to the Army, including 36 units operated by the Special Operations Aviation Corps.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bisht |first=Inder |date=March 27, 2025 |title=Bids Submitted for South Korea's Black Hawk Fleet Upgrade |url=https://thedefensepost.com/2025/03/27/south-koreas-black-hawk/ |work= |location= |publisher=The Defense Post |access-date=July 5, 2025}}</ref>

===Taiwan===
Taiwan (Republic of China) operated S-70C-1/1A after the Republic of China Air Force received ten S-70C-1A and four S-70C-1 Bluehawk helicopters in June 1986 for Search and Rescue.<ref name="taiwanairpower1">{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwanairpower.org/af/s70c.html |title=ROCAF Sikorsky S-70C Bluehawk |website=Taiwanairpower.org |date=11 November 2008 |access-date=2 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227063824/http://www.taiwanairpower.org/af/s70c.html |archive-date=27 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Four more S-70C-6s were received in April 1998. The ROC Navy received the first of ten S-70C(M)-1s in July 1990. 11 S-70C(M)-2s were received beginning April 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.taiwanairpower.org/navy/s70cm.html |title= Sikorsky S-70C(M) Thunderhawk |website= Taiwanairpower.org |date= April 2008 |access-date= 2 March 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100605111014/http://www.taiwanairpower.org/navy/s70cm.html |archive-date= 5 June 2010 |url-status= dead}}</ref> In January 2010, the US announced approval for a Foreign Military Sale of 60 UH-60Ms to Taiwan<ref name="USA okays Hawks for Taiwan">{{cite news |author= Govindasamy, Siva |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/31/337834/usa-okays-black-hawks-for-taiwan-beijing-mulls-sanctions.html |title= USA okays Black Hawks for Taiwan, Beijing mulls sanctions |work= Flight International |date= 31 January 2010 |access-date= 2 March 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100207125248/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/31/337834/usa-okays-black-hawks-for-taiwan-beijing-mulls-sanctions.html |archive-date= 7 February 2010 |url-status= live}}</ref> with 30 designated for the Army, 15 for the [[National Airborne Service Corps]] (including the one that crashed off Orchid Island in 2018) and 15 for the Air Force Rescue Group (including the one that crashed 2 January 2020).<ref name="focus">{{cite web |date=2 January 2020 |title=52 Black Hawk helicopters grounded after fatal crash |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/202001020018.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320004102/https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202001020018 |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=2 January 2020 |website=Taiwanairpower.org}}</ref>

===Turkey===
Turkey has operated the UH-60 during NATO deployments to Afghanistan and the Balkans. The UH-60 has also been used in counter-terror/internal security operations.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

The Black Hawk competed against the [[AgustaWestland AW149]] in the Turkish General Use Helicopter Tender, to order up to 115 helicopters and produce many of them indigenously, with [[Turkish Aerospace Industries]] responsible for final integration and assembly.<ref name=FI_Turkey_to_decide>{{cite web |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/turkey-to-decide-in-june-between-aw149-39t-7039-black-324939 |title= Turkey to decide in June between AW149, 'T-70' Black Hawk |work= Flight International |date= 9 April 2009 |access-date= 31 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120729/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/turkey-to-decide-in-june-between-aw149-39t-7039-black-324939/ |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=171615&bolum=105|title= TAI to procure more helicopters for security|work= Today's Zaman|date= 6 April 2009}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> On 21 April 2011, Turkey announced the selection of Sikorsky's T-70.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.istanbulhaber.com.tr/haber/milyarlik-helikopter-ihalesi-skorskynin-78658.htm |title= Milyarlık helikopter ihalesi Skorsky'nin |work= Istanbulhaber |date= 21 April 2011 |access-date= 21 April 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110715231141/http://www.istanbulhaber.com.tr/haber/milyarlik-helikopter-ihalesi-skorskynin-78658.htm |archive-date= 15 July 2011 |url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6290870&c=AME&s=AIR |title= Turkey Picks Sikorsky Helo in $3.5B Deal |work= Defense News |date= 21 April 2011 |access-date= 24 September 2011}} {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/04/21/355885/sikorsky-wins-turkish-utility-helicopter-battle.html |title=Sikorsky wins Turkish utility helicopter battle |work=FlightGlobal |access-date=24 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427215709/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/04/21/355885/sikorsky-wins-turkish-utility-helicopter-battle.html |archive-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the course of the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|coup d'état attempt]] in Turkey on 15 July 2016, eight Turkish military personnel of various ranks landed in [[Greece]]'s northeastern city of [[Alexandroupolis]] onboard a Black Hawk helicopter and [[July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece|claimed]] political [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/turkish-soldiers-fly-to-greece-for-asylum-10503641|title=Turkish Soldiers Fly To Greece For Asylum|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822233746/http://news.sky.com/story/turkish-soldiers-fly-to-greece-for-asylum-10503641|archive-date=22 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The helicopter was returned to Turkey shortly thereafter.<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36824862|title=Turkey coup attempt: Greek dilemma over soldiers who fled|publisher=BBC|date=19 July 2016|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825082344/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36824862|archive-date=25 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Ukraine===
{{main|Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Foreign military sales and aid to Ukraine}}
In February 2023, Ukraine's [[Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)|Main Directorate of Intelligence]] (HUR) published a video showing them operating at least two UH-60s painted in Ukrainian colors.<ref name="Ukraine 1">{{cite web |last1=D'Urso |first1=Stefano |title=Ukraine Is Now Using At Least Two UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters |url=https://theaviationist.com/2024/03/18/ukraine-using-two-uh-60s/ |website=theaviationist.com |date=18 March 2024 |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> The helicopters appeared to have minimal modifications, namely the addition of two [[M240]] [[7.62 mm]] machine guns for defensive purposes.<ref name="Ukraine 1" /> It was confirmed that at least one of these was purchased by a third party, Ace Aeronautics, following a Czech [[crowdfunding]] effort that raised US$6 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Urso |first1=Stefano |title=First (And Only) Ukrainian Black Hawk Seen In Action |url=https://theaviationist.com/2023/04/19/ukrainian-black-hawk-seen-in-action/ |website=theaviationist.com |date=19 April 2023 |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> On 17 March 2024, Russia claimed to have shot down a UH-60 during the [[March 2024 western Russia incursion]], claiming it was a "troop transport" carrying 20 troops into combat. However, it was revealed to be a [[Mil Mi-8]] instead.<ref>{{cite web |last1=TYSHCHENKO |first1=KATERYNA |title=Ukraine's Defence Intelligence refutes Russians' reports about "downing" Black Hawk helicopter |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/17/7446882/ |website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>

===United States===
[[File:Black Hawk Down Super64 over Mogadishu coast.jpg|thumb|A U.S. Army MH-60L during the [[Battle of Mogadishu (1993)|Battle of Mogadishu]], 1993]]
The UH-60 entered service with the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]'s [[101st Combat Aviation Brigade]] of the [[101st Airborne Division]] in June 1979.<ref name="goebel_uttas">{{cite web |url=http://www.airvectors.net/avs70_1.html#m2 |title=S-70 Origins: UTTAS |publisher=Air Vector |access-date=18 November 2013 |author=Goebel, Greg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124811/http://www.airvectors.net/avs70_1.html#m2 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The U.S. military first used the UH-60 in combat during the [[invasion of Grenada]] in 1983, and again in the [[United States invasion of Panama|invasion of Panama]] in 1989. During the [[Gulf War]] in 1991, the UH-60 participated in the largest air assault mission in U.S. Army history with over 300 helicopters involved. Two UH-60s (89-26214 and 78–23015) were shot down, both on 27 February 1991, while performing Combat Search and Rescue of other downed aircrews, an F-16C pilot and the crew of a MEDEVAC UH-1H that were shot down earlier that day.<ref>[http://www.armyaircrews.com/blackhawk.html "Black Hawks."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025160703/http://armyaircrews.com/blackhawk.html |date=25 October 2010}} ''armyaircrews.com''. Retrieved 24 October 2012.</ref>

In 1993, Black Hawks featured prominently in the [[Battle of Mogadishu (1993)|Battle of Mogadishu]] in Somalia during which two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down. Black Hawks also saw action in the [[Balkans]] and [[Haiti]] in the 1990s.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/> U.S. Army UH-60s and other helicopters conducted many air assaults and other support missions during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The UH-60 has continued to serve in operations in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]].<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/>

[[File:Cockpit view of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Taji, Iraq.jpg|thumb|left|Cockpit view Iraq, 2009]]
[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection|Customs and Border Protection]] [[Office of Air and Marine]] (OAM) uses the UH-60 in its operations specifically along the southwest border. The Black Hawk has been used by OAM to interdict illegal entry into the U.S. Additionally, OAM regularly uses the UH-60 in search and rescue operations. Highly modified H-60s were employed during the [[United States Special Operations Command|U.S. Special Operations]] mission that resulted in the [[death of Osama bin Laden]] during Operation Neptune Spear on 2 May 2011.<ref name=Army_Times_stealth_Black_Hawk/><ref>Page, Lewis. [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/03/sikorsky_flap_copter_tests/ "Sikorsky, US Army claim whisper-flapcopter test success."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810172656/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/03/sikorsky_flap_copter_tests/ |date=10 August 2017}} ''The Register'', 5 May 2011.</ref> One such MH-60 helicopter crash-landed during the operation and was destroyed by the team before it departed in the other MH-60 and a backup [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#MH-47G|MH-47 Chinook]] with bin Laden's remains. Two MH-47s were used for the mission to refuel the two MH-60s and as backups.<ref>[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/05/obama-gives-order-bin-laden-is-killed-white-house-time-line.html "Political punch: Obama gives order, Bin Laden is killed; White House time line."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710051832/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/05/obama-gives-order-bin-laden-is-killed-white-house-time-line.html |date=10 July 2015}} ''ABC News'', May 2011.</ref> News media reported that the Pakistani government granted the Chinese military access to the wreckage of the crashed 'stealth' UH-60 variant in Abbottabad;<ref name=BBCStealthWreckage>{{cite news |title=Bin Laden raid: China 'viewed US helicopter wreckage' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14527170 |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 August 2011 |date=15 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815171238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14527170 |archive-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CNNStealthWreckage>[http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/15/reports-pakistan-let-chinese-inspect-u-s-stealth-copter/?hpt=hp_t2 "Reports: Pakistan let Chinese inspect U.S. stealth copter."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918221557/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/15/reports-pakistan-let-chinese-inspect-u-s-stealth-copter/?hpt=hp_t2 |date=18 September 2012}} CNN, 15 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.</ref><ref name=FoxStealthWreckage>[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/15/report-pakistan-granted-china-access-to-uss-top-secret-bin-laden-raid-chopper/ "Report: Pakistan Granted China Access to U.S.'s Top-Secret Bin Laden Raid Chopper."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106151912/https://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/15/report-pakistan-granted-china-access-to-uss-top-secret-bin-laden-raid-chopper |date=6 November 2018}} Fox News Channel, 15 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.</ref> Pakistan and China denied the reports,<ref name="BBCStealthWreckage"/><ref name="CNNStealthWreckage"/> and the U.S. government did not confirm Chinese access.<ref name="CNNStealthWreckage"/>

The U.S. Army has signaled its intent to eventually replace the UH-60, launching the [[Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft|Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)]] program in 2019, with a new helicopter planned to enter service by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Judson |first=Jen |date=2019-04-09 |title=US Army plans to field a future long-range assault helicopter by 2030 |url=https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/04/04/us-army-plans-to-field-a-future-long-range-assault-helicopter-by-2030/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Defense News |language=en}}</ref> [[Bell Textron|Bell]] and a joint Sikorsky-[[Boeing]] team both entered competing designs. In December 2022, it was announced that the winning design was Bell’s [[Tiltrotor|tilt-rotor]] [[Bell V-280 Valor|V-280 Valor]],<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Capaccio |first1=Anthony |last2=Tiron |first2=Roxana |date=5 December 2022 |title=US Army Taps Bell Textron for Helicopter of the Future |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-05/us-army-picks-bell-textron-for-assault-helicopter-of-the-future |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230303041732/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-05/us-army-picks-bell-textron-for-assault-helicopter-of-the-future |archive-date=3 March 2023 |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref> with the US Army awarding an initial contract to develop a prototype by 2025.<ref name="defenseone5dec22">{{Cite web |last=Weisgerber |first=Marcus |date=5 December 2022 |title=Army Chooses Bell V-280 to Replace Its Black Hawk Helicopters |url=https://www.defenseone.com/business/2022/12/army-chooses-bell-v-280-replace-its-black-hawk-helicopters/380487/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003043316/https://www.defenseone.com/business/2022/12/army-chooses-bell-v-280-replace-its-black-hawk-helicopters/380487/ |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=Defense One |language=en}}</ref> This award does not guarantee the eventual adoption of the V-280, which would require further contracts.<ref name="defenseone5dec22" /> As an Army program, the outcome of FLRAA will not necessarily affect UH-60 variants in service with other branches of the U.S. military.

===Additional users===
The [[United Arab Emirates]] requested 14 UH-60M helicopters and associated equipment in September 2008, through [[Foreign Military Sales|Foreign Military Sale]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2008/UAE_08-66.pdf|title= United Arab Emirates – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters|work= US Defense Security Cooperation Agency|date= 9 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110527065348/http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2008/UAE_08-66.pdf|archive-date= 27 May 2011}}</ref> It had received 20 UH-60Ls by November 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/rotorhub/dubai-helishow-uae-increases-black-hawk-/ |title= Dubai Helishow: UAE increases Black Hawk fleet |work= Rotorhub |date= 2 November 2010 |access-date= 1 January 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120806210050/http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/rotorhub/dubai-helishow-uae-increases-black-hawk-/ |archive-date= 6 August 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref> Bahrain ordered nine UH-60Ms in 2007.<ref name="SAR2011">{{cite web |url= http://www.dod.gov/pubs/foi/logistics_material_readiness/acq_bud_fin/SARs/DEC%202011%20SAR/UH-60M%20BLACK%20HAWK%20-%20SAR%20-%2031%20DEC%202011.pdf |title= Selected Acquisition Report - UH-60M Black Hawk |page= 18 |work= US Department of Defense |date= 31 December 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120916103703/http://www.dod.gov/pubs/foi/logistics_material_readiness/acq_bud_fin/SARs/DEC%202011%20SAR/UH-60M%20BLACK%20HAWK%20-%20SAR%20-%2031%20DEC%202011.pdf |archive-date= 16 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174196.pdf |title=Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2003-2010 |page=7 |work=Congressional Research Service |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810014928/http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174196.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Royal Brunei Air Force Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk.jpg|thumb|[[Sikorsky S-70]]i of the [[Royal Brunei Air Force]] (RBAirF / TUDB).|alt=]]
In December 2011, the [[Royal Brunei Air Force]] (RBAirF / TUDB) ordered twelve S-70i helicopters, which are similar to the UH-60M; four aircraft had been received by December 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.janes.com/article/31237/brunei-receives-first-s-70i-helicopters|title=Brunei receives first S-70i helicopters|work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=4 December 2013|access-date=16 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210215735/http://www.janes.com/article/31237/brunei-receives-first-s-70i-helicopters|archive-date=10 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>  In June 2012, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress that Qatar requested the purchase of twelve UH-60Ms, engines, and associated equipment.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2012/Qatar_12-08.pdf|title=Qatar – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters|work=US Defense Security Cooperation Agency|date=13 June 2012|access-date=4 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711035018/http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2012/Qatar_12-08.pdf|archive-date=11 July 2012}}</ref>  The Royal Brunei Air Force had earlier bought four UH-60, but these were later sold to Malaysia.<ref name=RMAF-RBAirF>{{Cite journal|last=Abas|first=Marhalim|date=2015-01-23|title=RMAF getting Brunei Blackhawks|journal=Malaysian Defence|url=http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=5827|access-date=2015-01-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322140651/http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=5827|archive-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>

In May 2014, [[Croatia]]n Defence Minister Ante Kotromanović announced the beginning of negotiations for the purchase of 15 used Black Hawks.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jutarnji.hr/umjesto-ruskih-mi-8--morh-zeli-polovne-black-hawke/1194369/ |website= jutarnji.hr |title= black Hawke |access-date= 27 May 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160408213803/http://www.jutarnji.hr/umjesto-ruskih-mi-8--morh-zeli-polovne-black-hawke/1194369/ |archive-date= 8 April 2016 |url-status= live}}</ref> In October 2018, the US via Ambassador Robert Kohorst announced donation of two UH-60M helicopters with associated equipment and crew training to Croatia's Ministry of Defence, to be delivered in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.morh.hr/hr/vijesti-najave-i-priopcenja/priopcenja/17985-predstavljeni-helikopteri-black-hawk-uh-60m.html|title=Predstavljeni helikopteri Black Hawk UH-60M|publisher=morh.hr|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012214505/https://www.morh.hr/hr/vijesti-najave-i-priopcenja/priopcenja/17985-predstavljeni-helikopteri-black-hawk-uh-60m.html|archive-date=12 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2019, the US State Dept approved the sale of two new UH-60M Black Hawks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Gareth |title=Croatia cleared to buy Black Hawks |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/croatia-cleared-to-buy-black-hawks |publisher=JANES |date=31 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obris.org/hrvatska/breaking-news-rh-kupuje-dodatne-black-hawk-helikoptere/|title=BREAKING NEWS – RH kupuje dodatne Black Hawk helikoptere! |website=Obris.org |date=31 October 2019|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> In February 2022, the first two helicopters were delivered to Croatia.<ref name="lead pair UH-60M delivery CroatiaAF">{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/croatia-welcomes-lead-pair-of-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters/147384.article |title= Croatia welcomes lead pair of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters |publisher= flightglobal.com |date=|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="US embassy Zagreb">{{Cite web|url=https://hr.usembassy.gov/the-u-s-delivers-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters-valued-at-360-million-kuna-in-latest-u-s-defense-contribution-to-croatia/|title=The U.S. Delivers UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters Valued at 360 Million Kuna in Latest U.S. Defense Contribution to Croatia|date=3 February 2022|website=U.S. Embassy in Croatia|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> In January 2024, the State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Croatia for 8 UH-60M helicopters and related equipment and services for an estimated cost of $500 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Croatia – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters |url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/croatia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters-0 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website= dsca.mil}}</ref> The U.S. government has provided $139.4 million in financial assistance for 51 percent of the funding, as a compensation for the Croatian donation of 14 [[Mi-8]] helicopters to Ukraine. The remaining sum is be provided by Croatia's [[Ministry of Defence (Croatia)|Ministry of Defence]] in the three-year budget period from 2025 to 2027. The Letter of Offer and Acceptance was signed in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mladen |date=2024-03-13 |title=Helikopteri Black Hawk dokaz snažnog partnerstva Hrvatske i SAD-a |url=https://www.morh.hr/helikopteri-black-hawk-dokaz-snaznog-partnerstva-hrvatske-i-sad-a/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=MORH |language=hr}}</ref> Delivery of all 8 Black Hawks is expected in 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mladen |date=2024-02-23 |title=Odbor za obranu jednoglasno za postupak nabave Black Hawkova |url=https://www.morh.hr/odbor-za-obranu-jednoglasno-za-postupak-nabave-black-hawkova/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=MORH |language=hr}}</ref>

[[Tunisia]] requested 12 armed UH-60M helicopters in July 2014 through Foreign Military Sale.<ref>[http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/tunisia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters "Tunisia – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727200619/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/tunisia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters |date=27 July 2014}}. DSCA, 24 July 2014.</ref> In August 2014, the U.S. ambassador stated that the U.S. "will soon make available" the UH-60Ms to Tunisia.<ref>[http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php/politics2/20282-us-will-soon-make-available-to-tunisian-air-force-12-blackhawk-helicopters-ambassador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085218/http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php/politics2/20282-us-will-soon-make-available-to-tunisian-air-force-12-blackhawk-helicopters-ambassador|date=19 August 2014}} tap.info.tn</ref> The sale of 8 helicopters was approved and helicopters were delivered 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tunisia completes Black Hawk purchase {{!}} Times Aerospace |url=https://www.timesaerospace.aero/features/defence/tunisia-completes-black-hawk-purchase |access-date=2024-04-06 |website= timesaerospace.aero}}</ref>

In January 2015, the Malaysian [[Ministry of Defence (Malaysia)|Defence Minister]] [[Hishammuddin Hussein]] confirmed that [[Royal Malaysian Air Force]] (RMAF) is receiving S-70A Black Hawks from the Brunei government.  These helicopters, believed to be four in total, were expected to be transferred to Malaysia by September with M134D [[minigun]]s added.  The four Black Hawks were delivered to [[Royal Brunei Air Force]] (RBAirF / TUDB) in 1999.<ref name=RMAF-RBAirF/>

In 2018, [[Latvia]] requested to buy four UH-60M Black Hawks with associated equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=200000000|start_year=2018}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}). In August 2018, the [[State Department]] approved the possible Foreign Military Sale. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale.<ref>[http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/latvia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806145434/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/latvia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters|date=6 August 2018}}. DSCA</ref> In November 2018, Latvia ordered four UH-60Ms, and received the first two in December 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/latvia-gets-its-first-black-hawk-helicopters.a486551/ |title=Latvia gets its first 'Black Hawk' helicopters |website=eng.lsm.com |access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Lithuania]] announced plans to buy six UH-60M helicopters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army-technology.com/news/lithuania-uh-60m-black-hawk-us/ |title= Lithuania to purchase UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from US| date=20 October 2019}}</ref> before ordering four UH-60Ms in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/11/13/lithuania-signs-deal-for-its-first-american-military-helicopters/|title= Lithuania signs deal for its first American military helicopters|date= 16 November 2020}}</ref> In July 2020, the US [[State Department]] approved the possible Foreign Military Sale of six UH-60Ms and associated equipment to Lithuania for $380 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lithuania – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters |url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/lithuania-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters |website= dsca.mil |access-date=22 December 2023 |date=6 July 2020}}</ref> In November 2020, Lithuania signed a contract worth $213 million for four UH-60Ms with an option to purchase two more aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lithuania and the U.S. signed a contract on procurement of a new UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter platform from the U.S. Government |url=https://kam.lt/en/lithuania-and-the-u-s-signed-a-contract-on-procurement-of-a-new-uh-60-black-hawk-helicopter-platform-from-the-u-s-government/ |website=kam.lt |access-date=22 December 2023 |date=13 November 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222055513/https://kam.lt/en/lithuania-and-the-u-s-signed-a-contract-on-procurement-of-a-new-uh-60-black-hawk-helicopter-platform-from-the-u-s-government/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Adamowski |first1=Jaroslaw |title=Lithuania signs deal for its first American military helicopters |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/11/13/lithuania-signs-deal-for-its-first-american-military-helicopters/ |website=Defense News |access-date=22 December 2023 |language=en |date=16 November 2020}}</ref> Preparations are almost complete including facilities and training, with deliveries expected in late 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lithuanian Partners Complete U.S. Army Flight Course |url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/3364413/lithuanian-partners-complete-us-army-flight-course/https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3364413/lithuanian-partners-complete-us-army-flight-course/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=National Guard |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Helicopter maintenance hangar opened at Siauliai Air Force Base in Lithuania |url=https://www.baltictimes.com/helicopter_maintenance_hangar_opened_at_siauliai_air_force_base_in_lithuania/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=www.baltictimes.com}}</ref>

In 2019, Poland ordered four S-70i helicopters for its [[Polish Special Forces|special forces]].<ref>{{cite web |date=25 January 2019 |title=Four Black Hawk Helicopters for Poland By the End of 2019 |url=https://www.defence24.com/four-black-hawk-helicopters-for-poland-by-the-end-of-2019 |access-date=2019-12-25 |website=defence24.com}}</ref> As of 2023 there is negotiations to purchase additional S-70i helicopters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bisht |first=Inder Singh |date=2023-07-25 |title=Poland Initiates Black Hawk Helicopter Purchase Negotiations |url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/07/25/poland-black-hawk-purchase/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=The Defense Post |language=en-us}}</ref>

In August 2023, the [[Portuguese Air Force]] shared a photo on Twitter of the first flight of one of the six UH-60s purchased from Arista Aviation Services.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/fap_pt/status/1692203245467259294 |title=Um dos seis helicópteros UH-60 adquiridos pela Força Aérea realizou o primeiro voo, no Alabama. |website= twitter.com |date=17 August 2023 |access-date=2023-06-18}}</ref> The Portuguese armed forces conducted its first operation flight of its UH-60 in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giovanni |date=2023-12-18 |title=Portuguese Air Force Begins Flying Its New Black Hawk Helicopters |url=https://www.defense-aerospace.com/portuguese-air-force-begins-flying-its-new-black-hawk-helicopters/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Defense aerospace |language=en-US |archive-date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406223711/https://www.defense-aerospace.com/portuguese-air-force-begins-flying-its-new-black-hawk-helicopters/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In December 2023, the [[Hellenic Army]] selected the UH-60Ms for a possible order of 35 aircraft and associated equipment for an estimated cost of $1.95 billion pending the deal clears Congress.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=New helicopters for Hellenic Air Force and Army |url=https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/new-helicopters-for-hellenic-air-force-and-army |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=scramble.nl |publisher=Scramble}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 December 2023 |title=Greece – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters Defense Security Cooperation Agency |url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/greece-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=www.dsca.mil}}</ref> This order was approved by US and Greek governments, and a contract for 35 helicopters agreed by April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US approves UH-60Ms for Greece |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-approves-uh-60ms-for-greece |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Janes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Tim |date=2024-04-08 |title=Greece formally agrees to nearly $2 billion UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter deal |url=https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/2024/04/greece-formally-agrees-to-nearly-2-billion-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopter-deal/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Breaking Defense |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In Greek service it will replace aged [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants#UH-1H|Bell UH-1H]] and [[Agusta-Bell AB.206 JetRanger|Agusta-Bell AB205]].<ref name=":0" /> Greece already operates S-70B and MH-60R helicopters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DefenceSpace |date=2024-04-12 |title=Greece Moves Forward In Procurement of UH-60M Black Hawk |url=https://thedefencespace.com/2024/04/12/greece-moves-forward-in-procurement-of-uh-60m-black-hawk/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Future and potential users===
In February 2013, the [[Indonesian Army]] announced its interest in buying UH-60 Black Hawks to modernize its weaponry. The army wants them for combating terrorism, [[transnational crime]], and insurgency to secure the [[archipelago]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=625 |title= Indonesia to purchase UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters |website= Airrecognition.com |date= 26 February 2013 |access-date= 2 March 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130821035443/http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=625 |archive-date= 21 August 2013 |url-status= dead}}</ref> In August 2023, [[Indonesian Aerospace]] and Lockheed Martin signed an agreement for the procurement of 24 UH-60/S-70 Black Hawks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indonesia to buy Boeing's F-15 jets, Lockheed's Black Hawk helicopters |url=https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/08/23/indonesia-to-buy-boeings-f-15-jets-lockheeds-black-hawk-helicopters/ |publisher=DefenseNews}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=After F-15 Jets, Indonesia Buys 24 Sikorsky Black Hawk Helicopters |url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/08/24/indonesia-sikorsky-black-hawk/ |publisher=The Defense Post}}</ref>

In 2022, the [[Royal Air Force]] and [[British Army]] expects to select a helicopter for the [[New Medium Helicopter]] program to replace several existing helicopters. Sikorsky has indicated it expects its [[Sikorsky S-70|S-70M]] to meet the requirement to participate in this procurement selection program.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/black-hawk-helicopters-offered-to-uk-as-puma-replacement/ |title=Black Hawk helicopters offered to UK as Puma replacement |first=Tom |last=Dunlop |date=December 13, 2021 |publisher=Uk Defence Journal}}</ref>

In December 2025, [[Directorate General of Defence Purchase (Bangladesh)|Directorate General of Defence Purchase]] floated a tender for UH-60L for the [[Bangladesh Army]].{{cn|date=December 2025}}

==Variants==
{{See also|List of Sikorsky S-70 variants}}
[[File:Washington National Guard (20654060100).jpg|thumb|U.S. National Guard UH-60 supporting operations against the Cougar Creek wildfire, 2015]]

The UH-60 comes in many variants and modifications. The U.S. Army variants can be fitted with stub wings to carry additional fuel tanks or weapons.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/> Variants may have different capabilities and equipment to fulfill different roles.

===Utility variants===
* '''YUH-60A''': Initial test and evaluation version for U.S. Army. First flight on 17 October 1974. Three were built.
* '''UH-60A Black Hawk''': Original U.S. Army version, carrying a crew of four and up to 11 equipped troops.<ref>[http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/blackhawk.html "Black Hawk."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614040759/http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/blackhawk.html |date=14 June 2007}} ''U.S. Army Fact Files.'' Retrieved: 2 June 2010.</ref>{{verify source|Check other sources for UH-60A and later crew requirements.|date=May 2019}} Equipped with T700-GE-700 engines.<ref name= "dod">[http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/412015l.pdf DoD 4120-15L, "Model Designation of Military Aerospace Vehicles,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025181044/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/412015l.pdf |date=25 October 2007}} ''DoD'', 12 May 2004.</ref> Produced 1977–1989. U.S. Army is equipping UH-60As with more powerful T700-GE-701D engines and also upgrading A-models to UH-60L standards.<ref name= JAU_S-70_Upgrades>[https://janes.ihs.com/CustomPages/Janes/DisplayPage.aspx?DocType=Reference&ItemId=+++1337691&Pubabbrev=JAU_ "Sikorsky S-70 (H-60) Upgrades". (online subscription article)] ''Jane's Aircraft Upgrades'', 16 April 2012.</ref>
* '''UH-60C Black Hawk''': Modified version for [[command and control]] (C2) missions.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60" /><ref name="dod"/>
* '''CH-60E''': Proposed troop transport variant for the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]].<ref name= Donald_S-70>Donald, David, ed. "Sikorsky S-70". ''The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft''. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. {{ISBN|0-7607-0592-5}}.</ref>
[[File:892 United States - US Army Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk (5644290375).jpg|thumb|US Army UH-60L Black Hawk]]
*'''UH-60L Black Hawk''': UH-60A with upgraded T700-GE-701C engines, improved durability gearbox, and updated flight control system.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/> Produced 1989–2007.<ref name="Leoni_p217">Leoni 2007, pp. 217–224.</ref> UH-60Ls are also being equipped with the GE T700-GE-701D engine.<ref name=JAU_S-70_Upgrades/> The U.S. Army Corpus Christi Army Depot is upgrading UH-60A helicopters to the UH-60L configuration. In July 2018, [[Sierra Nevada Corporation]] proposed upgrading some converted UH-60L helicopters for the U.S. Air Force's UH-1N replacement program.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.sncorp.com/press-releases/snc-sierra-force-bid-uh-1n-replacement|title=SNC Submits Sierra Force™ Helicopter in Final Bid for UH-1N Replacement Program|publisher=Sierra Nevada Corporation|date=23 July 2018|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234727/https://www.sncorp.com/press-releases/snc-sierra-force-bid-uh-1n-replacement/|archive-date=30 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''UH-60M Black Hawk''': Improved design wide chord rotor blades, T700-GE-701D engines (max {{convert|2000|shp|sigfig=2|abbr=on|disp=or}} each), improved durability gearbox, Integrated Vehicle Health Management System (IVHMS) computer, and new glass cockpit. Production began in 2006.<ref name="Leoni_p233">Leoni 2007, pp. 233–44.</ref> Planned to replace older U.S. Army UH-60s.<ref>[http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=96d99a93bc298110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=29be82aee487a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD&keyword=UH-60M&dateFrom=null&dateTo=null&model=509669a3a73a8110VgnVCM1000001382000a____&business=null&matchCriteria=null&matchKeyword=any&fromSearchPage=true&modelIndex=11&businessIndex=0&page=1 "Sikorsky Aircraft Fully Equips First U.S. Army Unit With UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopters."] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110725061342/http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=96d99a93bc298110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=29be82aee487a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD&keyword=UH-60M&dateFrom=null&dateTo=null&model=509669a3a73a8110VgnVCM1000001382000a____&business=null&matchCriteria=null&matchKeyword=any&fromSearchPage=true&modelIndex=11&businessIndex=0&page=1 |date=25 July 2011}} Sikorsky Aircraft, 10 June 2008.</ref>
* '''UH-60M Upgrade Black Hawk''': UH-60M with fly-by-wire system and Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) cockpit suite. Flight testing began in August 2008.<ref>[http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=96d99a93bc298110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=36506eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD&keyword=Brazil%20order&dateFrom=null&dateTo=null&model=null&business=null&matchCriteria=null&matchKeyword=any&fromSearchPage=true&businessIndex=null&=modelIndex=null "Sikorsky's UH-60M Upgrade Black Hawk Helicopter Achieves First Flight."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227105525/http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=96d99a93bc298110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=36506eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD&keyword=Brazil%20order&dateFrom=null&dateTo=null&model=null&business=null&matchCriteria=null&matchKeyword=any&fromSearchPage=true&businessIndex=null&=modelIndex=null |date=27 February 2012}} Sikorsky, 29 August 2008.</ref>
* '''UH-60V Black Hawk''': Upgraded version of the UH-60L with the electronic displays (glass cockpit) of the UH-60M. Upgrades performed by [[Northrop Grumman]] featuring a centralized processor with a partitioned, modular operational flight program enabling capabilities to be added as software-only modifications.<ref>{{Citation |url= http://aviationweek.com/defense/northrop-upgrade-us-army-uh-60l-cockpits |title= Northrop To Upgrade U.S. Army UH-60L Cockpits |newspaper= Aviation week |date= 15 August 2014 |access-date= 18 August 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140819093400/http://aviationweek.com/defense/northrop-upgrade-us-army-uh-60l-cockpits |archive-date= 19 August 2014 |url-status= live}}.</ref> In February 2024, the Army announced it would cancel further plans to upgrade remaining UH-60L's to the UH-60V standard, in favor of acquiring more new production UH-60Ms to shore up the industrial base for UH-60 production.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |date=2024-02-08 |title=Army Cancels High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Program |url=https://www.twz.com/air/army-cancels-hight-speed-armed-reconnaissance-helicopter-program |access-date=2025-10-15 |website=The War Zone |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Special purpose===
{{multiple image
| direction         = vertical
| width             = 220
| image1            = US Army UH-60 Black Hawk.jpg
| image2            = US Navy 071211-N-9623R-006 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 17 assist in loading fellow Seabees into a Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter (MEDAVAC) during a mass casualty drill.jpg
| footer            = An example of a medical evacuation variant of the U/HH-60 Black Hawk
}}
* '''EH-60A Black Hawk''': UH-60A with modified electrical system and stations for two electronic systems mission operators. All examples of type have been converted back to standard UH-60A configuration.<ref name="dod"/>
* '''YEH-60B Black Hawk''': UH-60A modified for special radar and avionics installations, prototype for stand-off target acquisition system.<ref name="dod"/>
* '''EH-60C Black Hawk''': UH-60A modified with special electronics equipment and external antenna.<ref name= "dod"/> (All examples of type have been taken back to standard UH-60A configuration.)
* '''EUH-60L''' (no official name assigned): UH-60L modified with additional mission electronic equipment for Army Airborne C2.<ref name="dod"/>
* '''EH-60L Black Hawk''': EH-60A with major mission equipment upgrade.<ref name="dod"/>
* '''UH-60Q Black Hawk''': UH-60A modified for medical evacuation.<ref name="dod"/><ref name=Modern_Medevac/> The UH-60Q is named "Dust off", echoing the callsign used for U.S. Army Aviation [[casualty evacuation]] flying since Vietnam. There has also been a [[backronym]] created, DUSTOFF for "dedicated unhesitating service to our fighting forces".<ref name= "Leoni_p224">Leoni 2007, p. 224.</ref>
* '''HH-60L''' (no official name assigned): UH-60L extensively modified with medical mission equipment.<ref name= "dod"/> Components include an external rescue hoist, integrated patient configuration system, environmental control system, onboard oxygen system (OBOGS), and crash-worthy ambulatory seats.<ref name= Modern_Medevac>Colucci, Frank. [http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/1776.html "Modern Medevac Mobilized."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225061153/http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/1776.html |date=25 December 2011}} ''Rotor & Wing'', 1 October 2004.</ref>
* '''HH-60M Black Hawk''': UH-60M with medical mission equipment (medevac version) for U.S. Army.<ref name= "dod" /><ref>[http://www.sikorsky.com/Pages/Products/Military/BlackHawk/UH-60M/Missions/Medevac.aspx "HH-60M Medevac Helicopter."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719215446/http://www.sikorsky.com/Pages/Products/Military/BlackHawk/UH-60M/Missions/Medevac.aspx |date=19 July 2015}} Sikorsky. Retrieved 1 August 2015.</ref>
* '''HH-60U''': USAF UH-60M version modified with an [[electro-optical sensor]] and rescue hoist. Three in use by Air Force pilots and special mission aviators since 2011. Has 85% commonality with the HH-60W.<ref>{{Citation |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sikorsky-pitches-hh-60us-to-replace-usaf-hueys-434667/ |title= Sikorsky pitches HH-60Us to replace USAF Hueys |newspaper= FlightGlobal |date= 28 February 2017 |access-date= 6 March 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170307050341/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sikorsky-pitches-hh-60us-to-replace-usaf-hueys-434667/ |archive-date= 7 March 2017 |url-status= live}}.</ref>
* '''[[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60W Jolly Green II]]''': Modified version of the UH-60M for the U.S. Air Force as a Combat Rescue Helicopter to replace [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60G Pave Hawks]] with greater fuel capacity and more internal cabin space, dubbed the "60-Whiskey". Deliveries to the USAF of the HH-60W began in 2020.The [[41st Rescue Squadron]] received the first two HH-60W helicopters on 5 November 2020.<ref>[https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/story/id/123432462/ "'Whiskey' to perform personnel recovery mission"]. AF, 24 November 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=USAF's first HH-60W Jolly Green II arrives at Moody AFB |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2407824/usafs-first-hh-60w-jolly-green-ii-arrives-at-moody-afb/https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2407824/usafs-first-hh-60w-jolly-green-ii-arrives-at-moody-afb/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Air Force |language=en-US }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* '''MH-60A Black Hawk''': 30 UH-60As modified with additional avionics, night vision capable cockpit, [[FLIR]], [[Minigun|M134]] door guns, internal auxiliary fuel tanks and other Special Operations mission equipment in early 1980s for U.S. Army.<ref name= Tomajczyk_p21-3>Tomajczyk 2003, pp. 21–23.</ref><ref name= Bishop_p20-2>Bishop 2008, pp. 20, 22.</ref> Equipped with T700-GE-701 engines.<ref name="dod"/> Variant was used by the [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)|160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment]]. The MH-60As were replaced by MH-60Ls beginning in the early 1990s and passed to [[Army Aviation]] units in the [[Army National Guard]].<ref name=Donald_S-70/><ref name= Tomajczyk_p23>Tomajczyk 2003, p. 23.</ref>
* '''MH-60L Black Hawk''': Special operations modification, used by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers"), based on the UH-60L with T700-701C engines. It was developed as an interim version in the late 1980s pending the fielding of the MH-60K specifically designed for the 160th SOAR(A).<ref name=Tomajczyk_p23-6>Tomajczyk 2003, pp. 23–26.</ref> Equipped with many of the systems used on MH-60K, including FLIR, color weather map, auxiliary fuel system, and laser rangefinder/designator.<ref name= Tomajczyk_p23-6 /><ref name= 160th_MH-60s>{{Citation |url= http://www.soc.mil/160soar/Blkhawk.html |title= MH-60 Black Hawk fact sheet |publisher= 160th SOAR |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101031072523/http://www.soc.mil/160soar/Blkhawk.html |archive-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> A total of 37 MH-60Ls were built and some 10 had received an in-flight refueling probe by 2003.<ref name= Tomajczyk_p23-6 />
* '''MH-60L DAP''': The Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) is a special operations modification of the baseline MH-60L, operated by the U.S. Army's [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment]].<ref name="160th">{{cite web |url= http://www.soc.mil/ARSOAC/160th.html |title= 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) |publisher= US Army Special Operations Command |access-date= 18 November 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131211030903/http://www.soc.mil/ARSOAC/160th.html |archive-date= 11 December 2013}}</ref> The DAP is configured as a [[gunship]], with no troop-carrying capacity. The DAP is equipped with ESSS or ETS stub wings, each capable of carrying configurations of the [[M230 Chain Gun]] 30&nbsp;mm automatic cannon, 19-shot [[Hydra 70]] rocket pod, [[AGM-114 Hellfire]] missiles, [[AIM-92 Stinger]] air-to-air missiles, [[GAU-19]] gun pods, and [[Minigun|M134 minigun]] pods,<ref name="DAP weapons">{{Cite web |url= http://nightstalkers.americanspecialops.com/helicopters/mh-60.php |title= MH-60L DAP |work= American special ops |access-date= 27 January 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121029005341/http://nightstalkers.americanspecialops.com/helicopters/mh-60.php |archive-date= 29 October 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref> M134D miniguns are used as door guns.<ref name= Bishop_p20-2/>
[[File:Two UH-60M, 160th SOAR on USS Bataan on 10 Feb. 2006.jpg|thumb|UH-60Ms from the 160th SOAR(A) landing aboard the {{USS|Bataan|LHD-5|6}}]]
* '''MH-60K Black Hawk''': Special operations modification first ordered in 1988 for use by the U.S. Army's [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment]] ("Night Stalkers").<ref name=Donald_S-70/> Equipped with the in-flight refueling probe,<ref name= Tomajczyk_p26-9>Tomajczyk 2003, pp. 26–29.</ref> and T700-GE-701C engines. More advanced than the MH-60L, the K-model also includes an integrated avionics system ([[glass cockpit]]), [[AN/APQ-174]]B terrain-following radar, color weather map, improved weapons capability, and various defensive systems. The MH-60K can be configured either as an assault helicopter carrying troops or as a DAP gunship.<ref name=Tomajczyk_p26-9 /><ref name= JHMS_S-70>[http://search.janes.com/Search/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/binder/jhms/jhms5021.htm@current&pageSelected=allJanes&keyword=Sikorsky%20S-70A%2FH-60&backPath=http://search.janes.com/Search&Prod_Name=JHMS& "Sikorsky S-70A/H-60."] {{dead link|date= January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted= yes}} (online subscription article) ''Jane's Helicopter Markets and Systems'', 31 March 2011.</ref>
[[File:MH-60M DAP firing 2.75 inch rockets at a test ground.jpg|thumb|160th SOAR(A)'s MH-60M DAP fires its {{convert|2.75|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} rockets on a U.S. Army test range]]
* '''MH-60M Black Hawk''': Special operations version of UH-60M for U.S. Army. Equipped with in-flight refueling probe, Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) glass cockpit, updated sensors and defensive systems such as the AN/APQ-187 Silent Knight terrain-following radar, and more powerful [[General Electric T700|YT706-GE-700]] engines.<ref>[http://search.janes.com/Search/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/yb/jau/jau_9362.htm@current&pageSelected=allJanes&keyword=Sikorsky%20S-70&backPath=http://search.janes.com/Search&Prod_Name=JAU&keyword=Sikorsky%20S-70%20Upgrades&backPath=http://search.janes.com/Search&Prod_Name=JAU& "Sikorsky S-70 (H-60) – US Army MH-60 Upgrades"] (online subscription article). {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} ''Jane's Aircraft Upgrades'', 2008, 11 June 2008.</ref><ref>[http://search.janes.com/Search/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/yb/jau/jau_1793.htm@current&pageSelected=allJanes&keyword=Sikorsky%20S-70%20Upgrades&backPath=http://search.janes.com/Search&Prod_Name=JAU& "Sikorsky S-70 (H-60) Upgrades"] (online subscription article). {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot= InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} ''Jane's Aircraft Upgrades'', 3 May 2011.</ref> All special operations Black Hawks to be modernized to MH-60M standard by 2015. Like the K-model, the MH-60M can be configured either as an assault helicopter carrying troops or as a DAP gunship.<ref>[http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/superfast-helicopters/ Superfast Helicopters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331104148/http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/superfast-helicopters/ |date=31 March 2013}} - Defensemedianetwork.com, 25 October 2011</ref>
* '''MH-60 Black Hawk [[stealth helicopter]]''': Two specially modified MH-60s were used in the [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|raid on Osama bin Laden's compound]] in [[Pakistan]] on 1 May 2011. One was damaged in a hard landing, and was subsequently destroyed by U.S. forces.<ref name= "nationaljournal.com">{{Citation |url= http://nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/the-secret-team-that-killed-bin-laden-20110502 |title= The Secret Team That Killed bin Laden |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120524000448/http://nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/the-secret-team-that-killed-bin-laden-20110502 |archive-date=24 May 2012 |newspaper= National Journal |date= 3 May 2011}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-binladen-helicopter-idUSTRE7427G420110503 "Helicopter Loss in bin Laden Raid Highlights Risk."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152810/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/us-binladen-helicopter-idUSTRE7427G420110503 |date=24 September 2015}} Reuters, 3 May 2011.</ref> These two are the only known examples of this modification. Reports subsequent to the raid stated that the aircraft used in the raid were examples of a rumored but previously unconfirmed modification of the UH-60 with reduced noise signature and [[stealth technology]].<ref name= ABC_Stealth_Helicopter /><ref name= Army_Times_stealth_Black_Hawk /> The modifications are said to add several hundred pounds to the base helicopter including edge alignment panels, special coatings and anti-radar treatments for the windshields.<ref name= Army_Times_stealth_Black_Hawk />
* '''UH-60A RASCAL''': NASA-modified version for the Rotorcraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory; a US$25M program for the study of helicopter maneuverability in three programs, Superaugmented Controls for Agile Maneuvering Performance (SCAMP), Automated Nap-of-the-Earth (ANOE) and Rotorcraft Agility and Pilotage Improvement Demonstration (RAPID).<ref>[http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/D/archnas1570.html "NASA, Army Research More Maneouverable Helicopters."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016164207/http://scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/D/archnas1570.html |date=16 October 2007}} ''Ames Research Center'', 4 April 1992.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Aeronautics/AC91-0712-15.html |title= Image of UH-60A RASCAL first flight |url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061126214709/http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Aeronautics/AC91-0712-15.html |archive-date= 26 November 2006|publisher= NASA |access-date= 17 February 2012}}.</ref> The UH-60A RASCAL performed a fully autonomous flight on 5 November 2012. U.S. Army personnel were on board, but the flying was done by helicopter. During a two-hour flight, the Black Hawk featured terrain sensing, trajectory generation, threat avoidance, and autonomous flight control. It was fitted with a 3D-LZ laser detection and ranging ([[LADAR]]) system. The autonomous flight was performed between 200 and 400 feet. Upon landing, the onboard technology was able to pinpoint a safe landing zone, hover, and safely bring itself down.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121208012056/http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/autonomous-black-hawk-flight-system-trialled.html "Autonomous Black Hawk Flight System Trialled"]. ''Armed forces International'', 6 December 2012.</ref>
* '''OPBH''': On 11 March 2014, Sikorsky successfully conducted the first flight demonstration of their Optionally Piloted Black Hawk (OPBH), a milestone part of the company's Manned/Unmanned Resupply Aerial Lifter (MURAL) program to provide autonomous cargo delivery for the U.S. Army. The helicopter used the company's Matrix technology (software to improve features of autonomous, optionally-piloted VTOL aircraft) to perform autonomous hover and flight operations under the control of an operator using a man-portable Ground Control Station (GCS). The MURAL program is a cooperative effort between Sikorsky, the US Army Aviation Development Directorate (ADD), and the US Army Utility Helicopters Project Office (UH PO). The purpose of creating an optionally-manned Black Hawk is to make the aircraft autonomously carry out resupply missions and expeditionary operations while increasing sorties and maintaining crew rest requirements and leaving pilots to focus more on sensitive operations.<ref>{{Citation |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sikorsky-achieves-first-flight-of-mannedunmanned-black-398455/ |title= Sikorsky achieves first flight of manned/unmanned Black Hawk |newspaper= FlightGlobal |date= 23 April 2014 |access-date= 23 April 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140426022614/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sikorsky-achieves-first-flight-of-mannedunmanned-black-398455/ |archive-date= 26 April 2014 |url-status= live}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation |url= http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/rotorhub/optionally-piloted-black-hawk-takes/ |title= Optionally Piloted Black Hawk takes off |publisher= Shephard media |date= 23 April 2014 |access-date= 23 April 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150604092300/http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/rotorhub/optionally-piloted-black-hawk-takes/ |archive-date= 4 June 2015 |url-status= dead}}.</ref>
* '''S-70 Unmanned Aircraft System''' ("U-Hawk"): Modified UH-60L demonstrator converted into an uncrewed cargo drone by removing the cockpit and adding [[Clamshell design|clamshell doors]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |date=2025-10-13 |title=UH-60 Black Hawk Cargo Drone With Clamshell Nose Breaks Cover (Updated) |url=https://www.twz.com/air/uh-60-black-hawk-cargo-drone-with-clamshell-nose-breaks-cover |access-date=2025-10-15 |website=The War Zone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Jamie Hunter, Tyler |date=2025-10-14 |title=UH-60 U-Hawk Drone Walk-Around Tour |url=https://www.twz.com/air/uh-60-u-hawk-cargo-helicopter-drone-walk-around-tour |access-date=2025-10-15 |website=The War Zone |language=en-US}}</ref> The cockpit, pilot, and crew chief stations are removed allowing the full cabin space to be used for mission packages and increasing usable space by 25% compared to previous variants.<ref name=":2" /> The aircraft is capable of autonomous or fly-by-wire control and can be operated from a tablet-like device.<ref name=":2" /> It can self-deploy to a range of 1,600&nbsp;nm with a total endurance of 14 hours without refueling; this can be extended through usage of internal fuel tanks.<ref name=":2" /> Payload capacity is 7,000 internal, 9,000 sling loaded, or 10,000 mixed, which is roughly comparable by weight to that of a crewed UH-60L.<ref name=":2" />  Configured for cargo, the aircraft can carry up to four Joint Modular Intermodal Containers (twice as much as standard UH-60 variants), or ammunition pods for the [[M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System|M270]] and [[M142 HIMARS|HIMARS]] rocket systems, or two canisters for the [[Naval Strike Missile]].<ref name=":2" /> For direct engagements, the U-Hawk is designed to carry "launch quivers" of 24-50 "air-launched effects" munitions.<ref name=":2" />

====VIP<span class="anchor" id="White Top"></span><span class="anchor" id="Gold Top"></span>====
[[File:VH-60 Marine One (modified).jpg|thumb|"White Top" VH-60Ns used to transport the President of the U.S.]]
{{further|Transportation of the president of the United States}}
* '''VH-60D Night Hawk''': VIP-configured HH-60D, used for presidential transport by USMC. T700-GE-401C engines.<ref name= "dod"/> Variant was later redesignated VH-60N.<ref>Bishop 2008, p. 45.</ref>
* '''VH-60N White Hawk''' ''"White Top"'': Modified UH-60A with some features from the SH-60B/F Seahawks.<ref name= "Leoni_p214"/> Is one of the VIP-configured USMC helicopter models that perform Presidential and VIP transport as [[Marine One]]. The VH-60N entered service in 1988 and nine helicopters were delivered.<ref name="Leoni_p214">Leoni 2007, pp. 214–15.</ref>
[[File:Sikorsky VH-60M 09-20197 FDK MD8.jpg|thumb|"Gold Top" VH-60M]]
* '''VH-60M Black Hawk''' ''"Gold Top"'': Heavily modified UH-60M used for executive transport. Members of the Joint Chiefs, Congressional leadership, and other DoD personnel are flown on these exclusively by Alpha company, [[12th Aviation Battalion]] at [[Fort Belvoir]], Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Priest |first=Nicholas |title=U.S. Department of Defense |url=https://www.war.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2003437902/ |access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref>

===Export versions===
* '''[[Mitsubishi H-60#Variants|UH-60J Black Hawk]]''': Variant for the [[Japanese Air Self Defense Force]] and [[JMSDF|Maritime Self Defense Force]] produced under license by [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]]. Also known as the S-70-12.<ref name="mhi_uh">[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/products/detail/uh-60j_rescue_helicopter.html "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries UH-60J page."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045249/http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/products/detail/uh-60j_rescue_helicopter.html |date=27 September 2011}} ''Mhi.co.jp,'' 31 March 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2011.</ref>
* '''[[Mitsubishi H-60#Variants|UH-60JA Black Hawk]]''': Variant for the [[Japanese Ground Self Defense Force]]. It is produced under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.<ref name="mhi_uh"/>
* '''AH-60L Arpía''': Export version for Colombia developed by [[Elbit Systems]], Sikorsky, and the [[Colombian Aerospace Force]]. It is [[Counter-insurgency]] (COIN) attack version with improved electronics, firing system, FLIR, radar, light rockets and machine guns.<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/><ref>Leoni 2007, pp. 270–272.</ref>
* '''AH-60L Battle Hawk''': Export armed version unsuccessfully tendered for [[Australian Army]]<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/> project AIR87, similar to AH-60L Arpía III. Sikorsky has also offered a ''Battlehawk'' armed version for export in the form of armament kits and upgrades. Sikorsky's Armed Black Hawk demonstrator has tested a 20&nbsp;mm turreted cannon, and different guided missiles.<ref>[http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=65f9e39d40a78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=ee10fb8c9cc85210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD "Armed BLACK HAWK Demonstrator Completes Test Program Customer Demo Shows Sikorsky Helicopter's Weapons in Action"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012602/http://www.sikorsky.com/vgn-ext-templating-SIK/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00de6eb78fa78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextchannel=65f9e39d40a78110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&pressvcmid=ee10fb8c9cc85210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD |date=3 December 2013}}. Sikorsky, 14 December 2009.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGuds5-fSTc Battlehawk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017220936/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGuds5-fSTc |date=17 October 2017}}. Sikorsky public relations video, 2012.</ref> The United Arab Emirates ordered Battlehawk kits in 2011.<ref>[http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/UAE-Ordering-Weaponized-UH-60M-Battlehawk-Helicopters-05078/ "UAE Seeks Weaponized UH-60M ‘Battlehawk' Helicopters"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921035208/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/UAE-Ordering-Weaponized-UH-60M-Battlehawk-Helicopters-05078/ |date=21 September 2008}}. DefenseIndustryDaily.com, 12 January 2012.</ref>
[[File:2014.11.20. 육군 26사단 호국훈련 UH-60P Republic of Korea Army (15815606086).jpg|thumb|South Korean UH-60P]]
* '''UH-60P Black Hawk''': Version for [[South Korea Army|South Korean Army]], based on UH-60L with some improvements.<ref name=Donald_S-70/> Around 150 were produced under license by [[Korean Air]].<ref name="dod"/><ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-9396065.html "Korean Air/Sikorsky announce Black Hawk production agreement. (UH-60P military helicopters) – Defense Daily"] ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved 24 September 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713093413/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-9396065.html |date=13 July 2011}}</ref>
* '''S-70A Black Hawk''': Sikorsky's designation for Black Hawk. The designation is often used for exports.
** 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 manufactured in the U.S. 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 license by [[de Havilland Australia|Hawker de Havilland]]. The first eight were delivered to the [[Royal Australian Air Force]], subsequently transferred to the [[Australian Army]]; the remainder were delivered straight to the Army after rotary-wing assets were divested by the Air Force in 1989.<ref>[http://www.adf-serials.com/3a25.shtml "ADF Serials list of Australian Black Hawks."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607213151/http://www.adf-serials.com/3a25.shtml |date=7 June 2011}} ''ADF Serials''. Retrieved 19 June 2010.</ref>
** 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 [[Mitsubishi H-60#UH-60J/JA|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 [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces]] built under license.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
** 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'''.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
** 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 it from normal HH-60P.<ref name=mamboccv.com_VH-60Ps>[http://www.mamboccv.com/VH60P_02351_296SQ_071017.jpg VH-60P 02351 image] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714024523/http://www.mamboccv.com/VH60P_02351_296SQ_071017.jpg |date=14 July 2011}}, [http://www.mamboccv.com/VH60P_02352_296SQ35CG_091020.jpg "VH60P 02352 image."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714024624/http://www.mamboccv.com/VH60P_02352_296SQ35CG_091020.jpg |date=14 July 2011}} ''mamboccv.com''. Retrieved 24 October 2012.</ref>
** S-70A-24 Black Hawk: Export version for [[Mexico]].
** S-70A-26 Black Hawk: Export version for [[Morocco]].
** S-70A-27 Black Hawk: Export version for [[Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force]] and [[Hong Kong Government Flying Service]]; three built.<ref name="Isbn-9780953034512-173-176">{{cite book |title=Royal Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Forces - RAF Museum |date=2003 |publisher=RAF Museum |location=UK |isbn=9780953034512 |pages=173–176 |url=https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal-29A-Seminar-Reserve-Auxiliary-Forces.pdf |access-date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016172859/https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal-29A-Seminar-Reserve-Auxiliary-Forces.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-16 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** S-70A-28D Black Hawk: Export version for [[Turkish Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.helis.com/database/cn/40131/ |title=10057 sikorsky S-70A-28 Yarasa C/N unknown - Helicopter Database |access-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910180440/http://www.helis.com/database/cn/40131/ |archive-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** S-70A-30 Black Hawk: Export version for Argentine Air Force, used as a VIP transport helicopter by the [[Agrupación Aérea Presidencial|Presidential fleet]]; one built.<ref>[http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/761/ "Argentine pic & video."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611151247/http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/761/ |date=11 June 2011}} ''helis.com''. Retrieved 24 October 2012.</ref>
** S-70A-33 Black Hawk: Export version for [[Royal Brunei Air Force]].
** S-70A-34 Black Hawk: VIP transport version for Malaysia, known as "Whitehawk", operated by [[Royal Malaysian Air Force]]; two built. 
** 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 the People's Republic of China; 24 built.<ref name="Leoni_p286"/>
** HM-2: [[Brazilian Army]] designation for the S-70A.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazilian Military Aircraft Designations |url=https://designation-systems.net/non-us/brazil.html |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=designation-systems.net}}</ref>
* S-70i Black Hawk: International military version assembled by Sikorsky's subsidiary, [[PZL Mielec]] in Poland.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/08/342785/sikorsky-breathes-new-life-into-pzl-mielec.html "Sikorsky breathes new life into PZL Mielec."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611091515/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/08/342785/sikorsky-breathes-new-life-into-pzl-mielec.html |date=11 June 2010}} ''Flight International'', 8 June 2010.</ref>
* S-70M Black Hawk: Modified military version assembled by Sikorsky's subsidiary, PZL Mielec in Poland from 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2021-12-07-FAA-Issues-Certificate-of-Airworthiness-for-the-First-Type-Certified-S-70M-TM-Black-Hawk-Helicopter|title=FAA Issues Certificate of Airworthiness for the First Type Certified S-70M™ Black Hawk® Helicopter|website=News |publisher= Lockheed Martin|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>

:For other [[Sikorsky S-70]] variants, see [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk]], [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk]], [[Piasecki X-49 SpeedHawk]], and [[Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk]] articles.

==Operators==
[[File:Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Users.png|thumb|Map with UH-60 operators in blue]]
[[File:Austrian Air Force S-70A42.jpg|thumb|An [[Austrian Air Force]] S-70A42 lands in [[Paznaun]] valley]]
See [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]], [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60 Pave Hawk]], and [[Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk|HH-60 Jayhawk]] for operators of military H-60/S-70 variants; see [[Sikorsky S-70]] for non-military operators of other H-60/S-70 family helicopters.

;{{flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|2004}} / {{flag|Afghanistan||Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}}
* [[Taliban]] (captured from the [[Afghan Air Force]] in [[2021 Taliban offensive|August 2021)]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rothwell|first=James|date=2021-08-15|title=Taliban fighters capture Black Hawk helicopters from US base in Afghanistan|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/15/taliban-fighters-capture-black-hawks-helicopters-us-base-afghanistan/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/15/taliban-fighters-capture-black-hawks-helicopters-us-base-afghanistan/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-16|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Some damaged helicopters have been repaired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taliban repairs another American helicopter in Afghanistan |url=https://daryo.uz/en/2024/02/09/taliban-repairs-another-american-helicopter-in-afghanistan |publisher=Daryo |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>
;{{flag|Albania}}
* [[Albanian Air Force]] - 2 (4 on order)<ref name="Albania Blackhawk">[https://reporteri.net/en/NEWS/Albania/Albania-will-be-equipped-with-six-Black-Hawk-helicopters/]</ref><ref name="Albania">[https://www.mod.gov.al/newsroom-2/6287-vijne-ne-shqiperi-helikopteret-e-pare-black-hawk-peleshi-investim-i-rendesishem-per-fa-mirenjohje-shba]</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bozinovski |first1=Igor |title=Albania to receive surplus US Black Hawks |url=https://www.janes.com/article/87929/albania-to-receive-surplus-us-black-hawks |website=Jane's 360 |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190416183230/https://www.janes.com/article/87929/albania-to-receive-surplus-us-black-hawks |archive-date=16 April 2019 |location=Skopje |date=16 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
;{{AUS}}
* [[Australian Army]] - 39 S-70A-9 in original orders in 1986 and 1987. Retired in 2021 with 5 lost. 40 UH-60M ordered in 2023, with 15 delivered by mid-2025.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 February 2023 |title=Australia Orders 40 UH-60M Black Hawks |url=https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2023-01-18-Australia-Orders-40-UH-60M-Black-Hawks-from-Sikorsky,-a-Lockheed-Martin-Company |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321030832/https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2023-01-18-Australia-Orders-40-UH-60M-Black-Hawks-from-Sikorsky,-a-Lockheed-Martin-Company |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=Media - Lockheed Martin}}</ref>
* [[Royal Australian Navy]] - (see [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|MH-60 Seahawk]])
;{{AUT}}
* [[Austrian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019">{{cite web|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-2019-world-air-forces-directory-454126/|title =World Air Forces 2019|publisher =FlightGlobal Insight|year =2019|access-date =4 December 2018|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190123181847/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-2019-world-air-forces-directory-454126/|archive-date =23 January 2019|url-status =live}}</ref>
;{{BHR}}
* [[Royal Bahraini Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
[[File:UH-60 Brazil (cropped).jpg|thumb|A UH-60 of the [[Brazilian Air Force]]]]
;{{BRA}}
* [[Brazilian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> - 16 UH-60L since the 2000s, used by both SAR, CSAR and tactical transport for air force units and friendly forces (mainly missions on the border)
* [[Brazilian Army]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> - 4 UH-60L since 1994 to operate in the Peruvian-Equator border then transferred to operate in Amazon rainforest with the [https://www.instagram.com/4bavex_exercito/ 4th Aviation Battalion]. In 2024, the Army decided to acquire 12 more UH-60M, with the first deliveries by the end of 2025, to replace both [[Eurocopter AS565 Panther|HM-1 Pantera]] and [[Eurocopter AS532 Cougar|HM-3 Cougars]]
* [[Brazilian Navy]] (see [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60]]) - 6 SH-60 used by the HS-1 Guerreiro Squadron
* [[Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State]] - showed interest to acquire Black Hawk helicopters in May 2025, after both navy and police helicopters were shot by criminal factions in [[Rio de Janeiro]]
[[File:2023 Majlis Ramah Mesra Belait 65.jpg|thumb|A S-70i of the [[Royal Brunei Air Force]] in 2023]]
;{{BRU}}
* [[Royal Brunei Air Force]] S-70i<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{CHL}}
* [[Chilean Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{PRC}}
{{See also|Harbin Z-20}}
* [[People's Liberation Army]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{CAN}}
* [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] - Two leased UH-60s to assist with patrolling the Canada-US border.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
;{{COL}}
* [[Colombian Aerospace Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> AH-60L Arpía<ref name="Bishop_UH-60"/> (24)
* [[Colombian Army]] - Received five UH-60Ls originally ordered for the [[Venezuelan Army]] but that order was canceled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sikorsky eyes Latin American Black Hawk orders |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/sikorsky-eyes-latin-american-black-hawk-orders/25999.article |website=FlightGlobal}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> S-70i (7 as of 2013)<ref name=ColBlackhawks2013/>

[[File:Croatian UH-60 during the Air Show.jpg|thumb|A Croatian Air Force UH-60 during an exercise]]
;{{CRO}}
* [[Croatian Air Force]] - 8 UH-60Ms being procured with 4 received as of March 2024.<ref>[https://defbrief.com/2022/12/03/croatia-receives-2nd-black-hawk-pair-from-the-us/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208100859/https://defbrief.com/2022/12/03/croatia-receives-2nd-black-hawk-pair-from-the-us/|date=8 February 2023}} defbrief.com</ref> 8 more on order.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Minister: Procurement of eight Black Hawk helicopters milestone for Croatia |url=https://vlada.gov.hr/news/minister-procurement-of-eight-black-hawk-helicopters-milestone-for-croatia/42119 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321031837/https://vlada.gov.hr/news/minister-procurement-of-eight-black-hawk-helicopters-milestone-for-croatia/42119 |archive-date=2024-03-21 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=vlada.gov.hr}}</ref>
;{{EGY}}
* [[Egyptian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{GRE}}
* [[Hellenic Army]] - 35 UH-60Ms ordered in 2024<ref>{{cite web |last=Παπαγεωργίου |first=Γιώργος |title=ΕΚΤΑΚΤΟ: Η Ελλάδα υπέγραψε την παραγγελία των Black Hawk |website=Πτήση |date=2024-04-05 |url=https://flight.com.gr/ektakto-i-ellada-ipegrapse-tin-paraggelia-ton-black-hawk/ |access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Λάζος | first=Ευθύμιος | title=Ανατέθηκε στη Sikorsky η σύμβαση για τα 35 ελληνικά UH-60M Black Hawk | website=Defence Review | date=2024-10-29 | url=https://defencereview.gr/anatethike-sti-sikorsky-i-symvasi-gia-ta-35-ellin/#google_vignette | language=el | access-date=2024-10-30}}</ref>
;{{IDN}}
* [[Indonesian Army]] - 22 S-70M Black Hawks on order as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kemhan RI |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Perjanjian itu kini ditindaklanjuti, dengan penandatanganan kontrak pengadaan Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk, oleh Direktur Niaga, Teknologi & Pengembangan PTDI, Moh. Arif Faisal dan... |url=https://twitter.com/Kemhan_RI/status/1732289449982361862 |access-date= |website=Twitter (in Indonesian)}}</ref>
[[File:UH-60.jpg|thumb|An Israeli Air Force UH-60 Yanshuf]]
;{{ISR}}
* [[Israeli Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
[[File:JASDF UH-60J (cropped).jpg|thumb|A Japan Air Self-Defence Force [[Mitsubishi H-60#UH-60J|UH-60J]] in flight]]
;{{JPN}}
* [[Japan Air Self-Defence Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> UH-60J<ref name="mhi_uh"/>
* [[Japan Ground Self-Defence Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> UH-60JA<ref name="mhi_uh"/>
* [[Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> UH-60J<ref name="mhi_uh"/> (see also [[Mitsubishi H-60#Variants|SH-60J/K/L]])
[[File:Jordanian Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|A Royal Jordanian Air Force UH-60L on lift off]]
;{{JOR}}
* [[Royal Jordanian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{KOS}}
* [[Kosovo Security Force]]{{clarify|date=February 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-15 |title=Maqedonci në SHBA: Kosova do të ketë helikopterë 'Black Hawk' |url=https://telegrafi.com/maqedonci-ne-shba-kosova-te-kete-helikoptere-black-hawk/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Telegrafi |language=sq}}</ref>
;{{LAT}}
* [[Latvian Air Force]] - UH-60M (2 received, another 2 on order)<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=First Black Hawk pair delivered to Latvia |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/first-black-hawk-pair-delivered-to-latvia/151445.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221223154007/https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/first-black-hawk-pair-delivered-to-latvia/151445.article |archive-date=23 December 2022 |access-date=22 December 2022 |publisher=Flight Global}}</ref>
;{{LTU}}
* [[Lithuanian Air Force]] - UH-60M (2 delivered, another 2 on order)<ref>{{cite web|title=Lietuvos kariuomenė pristatė pirmuosius "Black Hawk" sraigtasparnius|url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/lietuvos-kariuomene-pristate-pirmuosius-black-hawk-sraigtasparnius-120162811|date=18 October 2025|access-date=19 October 2025|website=Delfi|language=lt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adamowski |first=Jaroslaw |date=2020-11-16 |title=Lithuania signs deal for its first American military helicopters |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/11/13/lithuania-signs-deal-for-its-first-american-military-helicopters/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321033454/https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/11/13/lithuania-signs-deal-for-its-first-american-military-helicopters/ |archive-date=2024-03-21 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Defense News |language=en}}</ref>
;{{MAS}}
* [[Malaysian Army]] - UH-60A+ (4 on lease, deliveries to begin in 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.malaysiandefence.com/its-black-hawks-for-putd/|title=Malaysian Defence - Its Black Hawk for PUTD|date=11 March 2023}}</ref> This lease was canceled in November 2024 due to budget issues.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* [[Royal Malaysian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>{{verify source|date=November 2024}}
;{{MEX}}
* [[Mexican Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
* [[Mexican Navy]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{MAR}}
* [[Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.helis.com/database/cn/26051/ |title= Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie S-70 C/N 70-1747 |work= helis.com |access-date= 12 March 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202191457/http://www.helis.com/database/cn/26051/ |archive-date= 2 February 2014 |url-status= dead}}</ref>
[[File:2023-10-26 PAF Black Hawk 002.jpg|thumb|[[Philippine Air Force]] UH-60 responds to landslide and possible SAR, 2023]]
;{{PHI}}
* [[Philippine Air Force]] - 31 S-70i delivered with 17 on order<ref>{{cite web |last=Nepomuceno |first=Priam |title=PH Air Force gets 5 more Black Hawk choppers |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1239815 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241217052911/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1239815 |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |website=[[Philippine News Agency]]}}</ref>
;{{POL}}
* [[Polish Special Forces]] - 4 S-70i helicopters<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=Dominic |title=Poland courts controversy with single-source helicopter buy |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/poland-courts-controversy-with-single-source-helicop-455294/ |website=FlightGlobal |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126080034/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/poland-courts-controversy-with-single-source-helicop-455294/ |archive-date=26 January 2019 |location=London |date=25 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilk |first1=Remigiusz |title=Poland orders four Sikorsky S-70i helicopters |url=https://www.janes.com/article/86030/poland-orders-four-sikorsky-s-70i-helicopters |website=Jane's 360 |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129221232/https://www.janes.com/article/86030/poland-orders-four-sikorsky-s-70i-helicopters |archive-date=29 January 2019 |location=Warsaw |date=29 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> (4 on order)<ref name="PSF batch2 buy of 4 S70i"/>
;{{PRT}}
* [[Portuguese Air Force]] - 9 UH-60As on order for [[aerial firefighting]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portugal Acquiring Firefighting Black Hawks |url=https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/portugal-acquiring-firefighting-black-hawks |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=aviationweek.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Additional 3 HEBM to be delivered |url=https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2023/11/229000000/0002400026.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201015107/https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2023/11/229000000/0002400026.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-01}}</ref> with two received as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CERIMÓNIA DE RECEPÇÃO DE HELICÓPTEROS PARA COMBATE A INCÊNDIOS [M2449 – 81/2023] |url=http://www.passarodeferro.com/2023/11/cerimonia-de-recepcao-de-helicopteros.html |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref>
;{{SAU}}
* [[Royal Saudi Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
* [[Royal Saudi Land Forces]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
* [[Saudi Arabian National Guard]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
* [[Royal Saudi Navy]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{ROK}}
* [[Republic of Korea Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
* [[Republic of Korea Army]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> UH-60P<ref name="dod"/>
* [[Republic of Korea Navy]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{SVK}}
* [[Slovak Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{SWE}}
* [[Swedish Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
[[File:ROCA UH-60M Black Hawk.jpg|thumb|A [[Republic of China Army]] UH-60M Black Hawk]]
;{{TWN-ROC}}
* [[Republic of China Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
* [[Republic of China Army]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
* [[Republic of China Navy]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{THA}}
* [[Royal Thai Army]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> UH-60L;<ref name="DID thai">{{Cite web |url=https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/thailands-hawk-family-helicopters-05690/ |title= Huey's Departure: Thailand's New Helicopters |website=www.defenseindustrydaily.com |date= 14 October 2015}}</ref> UH-60M<ref name="DID thai"/>
* [[Royal Thai Air Force]]
* [[Royal Thai Navy]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> (see [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60]])
;{{TUN}}
* [[Tunisian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{TUR}}
* [[Turkish Air Force]] - (6 [[Sikorsky S-70#Derivatives|T-70]]s on order)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tolgaozbek.com/savunma/turk-savunma-sanayi/turk-hava-kuvvetleri-ilk-t-70i-teslim-aldi/ |title=Türk Hava Kuvvetleri ilk T-70'i teslim aldı – Tolga Özbek}}</ref> First unit delivered in January 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/hava-kuvvetleri-komutanligina-ilk-t-70-tipi-helikopter-teslim-edildi/2786754 |title=Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanlığına ilk T-70 tipi helikopter teslim edildi}}</ref>
* [[Turkish Land Forces]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>- 22+ T-70s on order with first delivered.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-23 |title=T-70 Helicopters |url=https://www.savunmasanayist.com/yerli-helikopter-t70in-ilk-yurtdisi-gorevi-yunanistan/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |language=tr}}</ref>
* [[Special Forces Command (Turkey)|Special Forces Command(Turkey)]] - 6 T-70s ordered with deliveries underway.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Turkish Naval Forces]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mavivatan.net/s-70b-seahawk-helikopteri/ |title=S-70B Seahawk Helikopteri |date=13 November 2019}}</ref> (see [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk]])<ref name=":1" />
* [[Gendarmerie General Command]] (Turkey)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jandarma.gov.tr/havacilik/hava-araclarimiz |title=Hava Araçlarımız}}</ref> - 14 T-70s ordered with 3 delivered.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı 2023 Yılı Faaliyet Raporu Yayınlandı |url=https://www.jandarma.gov.tr/jandarma-genel-komutanligi-2023-yili-faaliyet-raporu-yayinlandi |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.jandarma.gov.tr}}</ref>
* [[General Directorate of Security (Turkey)|General Directorate of Security(Turkey)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.egm.gov.tr/havacilik/s70haber |title= Sikorsky S70 }}</ref> - 20 T-70s ordered<ref name=":1" />
* [[General Directorate of Forestry (Turkey)|General Directorate of Forestry(Turkey)]] - 3 T-70s ordered with 2 delivered as of 2024.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title="Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/alev-kuslari-bu-yil-orman-yanginlarini-sondurmek-icin-10-bin-683-saat-ucus-yapti/3066665 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website= aa.com.tr}}</ref>
;{{UAE}}
* [[United Arab Emirates Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
;{{UKR}}
* [[Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)]] - 2 UH-60As<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gur.gov.ua/content/aviatsiia-voiennoi-rozvidky-ukrainy-vykonuie-boiovi-zavdannia-na-perednomu-krai-oborony.html |title=Авіація воєнної розвідки України виконує бойові завдання на передньому краї оборони}}</ref> One more UH-60A+ was crowdfunded for GUR by Czech supporters under the "Gift for Putin" (Dárek pro-Putina) initiative and will be delivered in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Hawk for Ukraine: A New Hope - A gift for Putin |url=https://www.weaponstoukraine.com/kampane/cestmir |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=www.weaponstoukraine.com |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:A UH-60 Blackhawk from the 7th Battalion, 1ST Aviation Regiment, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Katterbach, Germany drops US Army scouts from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry, - DPLA - 56e4b3c74530c9ac97330493a0fb697a.jpeg|thumb|A US Army UH-60 Blackhawk with [[United Nations]] designations during the [[Bosnian War]].]]
;{{USA}}
* [[United States Air Force]] (see [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60]])
* [[United States Army]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/> - The U.S. Army has a stated requirement for 2,135 aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2024 |title=Justification Book Volume 1 of 1 Aircraft Procurement, Army |url=https://www.asafm.army.mil/Portals/72/Documents/BudgetMaterial/2025/Base%20Budget/Procurement/Aircraft-Procurement-Army.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430110452/https://www.asafm.army.mil/Portals/72/Documents/BudgetMaterial/2025/Base%20Budget/Procurement/Aircraft-Procurement-Army.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 April 2024 }}</ref> The service operates 19 HH-60Ls, 346 HH-60Ms (medevac), 20 UH-60As (estimated), 800 UH-60Ls, 931 UH-60Ms, and 90 UH-60Vs as of January 2025.<ref name="Military Balance 2025">{{cite book |title=The Military Balance |date=2025 |publisher=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] |isbn=978-1-041-04967-8}}</ref>{{rp|37}}
* [[United States Navy]] (see [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60]])
* [[United States Coast Guard]] (see [[Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk|MH-60]])
* [[United States Marine Corps]] - [[HMX-1]] operates the VH-60N “Whitehawk” for VIP transport
* [[United States Department of State]]
* [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]

===Former operators===
;{{flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|2004}} - until August 2021
* [[Afghan Air Force]]
;{{flag|British Hong Kong|colonial}}
* [[Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force]]<ref name="Isbn-9780953034512-173-176"/><ref name="aircadets">{{cite web |title=Government Flying Service |url=https://www.aircadets.org.hk/web/form/gfs.html |website=aircadets.org.hk |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814030924/https://www.aircadets.org.hk/web/form/gfs.html |archive-date=2017-08-14 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Government Flying Service (Hong Kong)|Government Flying Service]]<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/67/|title= Hong Kong Government Flying Service S-70|newspaper= Helis.com|access-date= 12 March 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090107104206/http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/67/|archive-date= 7 January 2009|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Accidents==
{{for|accidents involving other Japanese H-60 helicopters|Mitsubishi H-60#Accidents}}
* From 1981 to 1987, five Black Hawks crashed (killing or injuring all on board) while flying near radio broadcast towers because their electromagnetic emissions disrupted the helicopters' flight control systems. The Black Hawk helicopters were not hardened against [[high-intensity radiated field]]s, contrary to the [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]] Navy version. The pilots were instructed to fly away from emitters, and, in the long term, shielding was increased and backup systems were installed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19960009442/downloads/19960009442.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19960009442/downloads/19960009442.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Electronic Systems Failures and Anomalies Attributed to Electromagnetic Interference|website=Ntrs.nasa.gov|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>
* On 29 July 1992, one [[Australian Army]] Black Hawk collided into terrain near [[Oakey Army Aviation Centre]], killing two occupants.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newnham |first=Rod |title=Review of accident involving S-70A-9 Black Hawk helicopter A25-217 near Oakey, Queensland on 29 June 1992 |date=1998 |publisher=Directorate of Flying Safety, Australian Defence Force |oclc=224019709}}</ref>
* On 3 March 1994, a UH-60 helicopter of the 15th Fighter Wing, [[Republic of Korea Air Force]] (ROKAF) exploded above [[Yongin]], [[Gyeonggi-do]], killing all six personnel on board; among those killed was General Cho Kun-hae, then [[Chief of Staff of the Air Force (South Korea)|Chief of the Air Staff of South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=趙공군총장 헬機폭발 사망 어제 오후 |language=ko |trans-title=General Cho, Chief of the Air Staff, died in helicopter explosion yesterday afternoon |work=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |date=1994-03-04 |page=1}}</ref>
* On 14 April 1994, two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks in northern Iraq were [[1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident|shot down]] in a friendly fire incident by U.S. Air Force [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15]] fighter jets patrolling the [[Iraqi no-fly zones|northern no-fly zone]] that had been imposed after the 1991 [[Gulf War]], in which all twenty-six crew and passengers were killed. The pilots of the U.S. Air Force F-15s misidentified the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters as enemy [[Mil Mi-24]] "Hind" helicopters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Howe Verhovek |first=Sam |date=21 June 1995 |title=Air Force Officer Is Acquitted in Downing of Army Aircraft |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/21/us/air-force-officer-is-acquitted-in-downing-of-army-aircraft.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=26 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111918/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/21/us/air-force-officer-is-acquitted-in-downing-of-army-aircraft.html |archive-date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 12 June 1996, two Australian Army Black Hawks collided during an Army nighttime [[Special Air Service Regiment#Black Hawk accident|special forces]] counter-terrorism exercise resulting in the death of eighteen soldiers - fifteen members of the [[SASR]] and three from the [[5th Aviation Regiment (Australia)|5th Aviation Regiment]].<ref>{{cite report |author1=Department of Defence |title=Black Hawk Board of Inquiry : documents for public release |date=1997 |publisher=Department of Defence |location=Canberra |pages=Vol 1 xi-xiv |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/publications/tabledpapers/HSTP06420_1996-98/upload_pdf/6420_1996-98.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22publications/tabledpapers/HSTP06420_1996-98%22 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/publications/tabledpapers/HSTP06420_1996-98/upload_pdf/6420_1996-98.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22publications/tabledpapers/HSTP06420_1996-98%22 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=6 March 2010 |title=Accident Sikorsky S-70A-9 (CH-60) A25-113, 12 Jun 1996 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=73358 |access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=6 March 2010 |title=Accident Sikorsky S-70A-9 (CH-60) A25-209, 12 Jun 1996 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=73359 |access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref>
* On 12 February 2001, two Black Hawks from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii collided during NVG formation flight training, causing loss of both aircraft, six deaths and 11 injured soldiers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/02/13/news/story1.html | title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News }}</ref>
* On 12 February 2004, one Australian Army Black Hawk collided into terrain in the vicinity of [[Mount Walker, Queensland]] following contact between the tail rotor and a tree. The airframe was written off however there were no deaths - six out of the eight occupants received injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Investigation: 200401909 - Animation of Recorded Radar and Flight Data for the Directorate of Flying Safety |url=https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2004/aair/200401909/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website= atsb.gov.au |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928231905/https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2004/aair/200401909/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ADF Serials - Sikorsky Black Hawk |url=http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a25.htm |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=adf-serials.com.au |archive-date=13 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313022516/http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a25.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Iraq-downed uh60.JPG|thumb|Aftermath of a crashed UH-60 in 2004, at Tallil Airbase, Iraq]]
* On 26 September 2004, a U.S. Army Black Hawk crashed taking off from [[Tallil Airbase]] (Nasiriyah Airport), Iraq. The crew of four was rescued.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-09-27 |title=Airmen help save lives following UH-60 crash at Tallil |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/135967/airmen-help-save-lives-following-uh-60-crash-at-tallil |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Air Force |language=en-US}}</ref>
* On 29 November 2006, one Australian Army Black Hawk crashed into and subsequently slid off the deck of [[HMAS Kanimbla (L 51)|HMAS ''Kanimbla'']] sinking into deep waters off the coast of Fiji while conducting a training flight. The sinking resulted in the deaths of two soldiers - one pilot from the [[5th Aviation Regiment (Australia)|5th Aviation Regiment]], and one trooper from the SASR.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Investigation: 200608049 - Sikorsky S-70A, A25-221, near Fiji |url=https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2006/aair/aair200608049/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website= atsb.gov.au |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928213154/https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2006/aair/aair200608049/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-07-14 |title=Pilot error 'main cause in Black Hawk crash' |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-07-15/pilot-error-main-cause-in-black-hawk-crash/2586258 |access-date=2022-09-28}}</ref>
* On 10 March 2015, a UH-60 from [[Eglin Air Force Base]] [[2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash|crashed]] off the coast of the [[Florida Panhandle]] near the base. All eleven on board were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/us/florida-army-helicopter/ |title=U.S. military helicopter crashes off northwest Florida; human remains found |publisher=CNN |date=11 March 2015 |access-date=11 March 2015 |author=Botelho, Greg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311122223/http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/us/florida-army-helicopter/ |archive-date=11 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 16 February 2018, a UH-60M helicopter deployed by the [[Mexican Air Force]] to [[Oaxaca]] after an [[2018 Oaxaca earthquake|earthquake]], crashed while attempting to land, all 4 occupants on board survived but 14 people on the ground were killed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexico earthquake: Helicopter crashes in emergency killing 14 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43098891 |access-date=18 March 2022 |work=[[BBC]] |date=17 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206271 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=206271 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=18 March 2022 |date=16 February 2018}}</ref>
* On 2 January 2020, a UH-60M helicopter of the [[Republic of China Air Force]] (ROCAF) in [[Taiwan]], [[2020 New Taipei helicopter crash|crashed]] on a mountainside, killing eight people on board, including General [[Shen Yi-ming]], [[Chief of the General Staff (Republic of China)|chief of the general staff of Republic of China's armed forces]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-military-chief-helicopter-crash.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102074852/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-military-chief-helicopter-crash.html |archive-date=2020-01-02 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Taiwan's Top Military Official and 7 Others Die in Helicopter Crash |last=Ramzy |first=Austin |date=2020-01-02 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2020-01-02 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* On 23 June 2021, a [[Philippine Air Force]] S-70i crashed in [[Capas]] town in [[Tarlac]] during a night flight training, killing all 6 crew members. The unit was newly delivered in November of the previous year or only almost 8 months old.<ref name="PhAF blackhawk 1stCrash">{{cite web |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1144777 |title=Air Force chopper crashes during night-fly training in Tarlac |last=Nepomuceno |first=Priam |date=2021-06-24 |website= pna.gov.ph |publisher=Philippine News Agency |quote=7+ months young heli}}</ref>
* On 22 February 2022, two [[Utah National Guard]] Black Hawk helicopters crashed at the [[Snowbird, Utah]] ski resort during a training exercise. One Black Hawk was overcome by [[Whiteout (weather)|whiteout conditions]] caused by the [[downdraft]] in the snow, and crashed, causing parts of the rotor blades to strike the other helicopter, forcing a hard landing. There were no major injuries to the crew or skiers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50353784/no-injuries-after-2-black-hawk-helicopters-go-down-near-snowbird |title=No injuries after 2 Black Hawk helicopters go down near Snowbird|first=Pat |last=Reavy |website= ksl.com}}</ref>
* On July 16, 2022, one [[Mexican Navy]] Black Hawk crashed at [[Sinaloa]], killing 14 of the 15 marines on board.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-navy-says-14-people-dead-after-black-hawk-helicopter-crash-2022-07-15/ |title=Mexican Navy says 14 people dead after Black Hawk helicopter crash |website= reuters.com |date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
* In September 2022, a Black Hawk operated by the Taliban crashed during a training exercise in Kabul, killing three.<ref name="Reuters 2022 w588">{{cite web |title=Black Hawk helicopter crashes during Taliban training exercise, killing three |website=Reuters |date=2022-09-10 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/black-hawk-helicopter-crashes-during-taliban-training-exercise-killing-three-2022-09-10/ |access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref>
* On February 15, 2023, a Black Hawk crashed killing two members of the [[Tennessee Military Department|Tennessee National Guard]] in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2 National Guardsmen killed in Black Hawk helicopter crash near Alabama highway |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-tennessee-national-guardsmen-killed-black-hawk-helicopter-crash-alabama-highway-madison-county-national-guard/ |access-date=2023-02-16 |website= cbsnews.com |date=15 February 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* On 29 March 2023, two US Army Black Hawk medical helicopters crashed during a training mission over Kentucky. All nine soldiers aboard were killed. The cause of the crash is under investigation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two US army Black Hawk helicopters crash on a training mission in Kentucky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/30/two-us-army-black-hawk-helicopters-crash-kentucky-training-mission |date=30 March 2023 |website= theguardian.com |access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=9 killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-military-helicopters-crash-kentucky-89c9dbcd035b3cc7c637c2b1f0a037a2 |website=AP NEWS |date= 30 March 2023 |access-date= 1 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to plane crash in Potomac River (8847920).jpg|thumb|The wreckage of UH-60L ''00-26860'', operating as Priority Air Transport 25, after the collision into the Potomac River, Washington, D.C. in 2025.]]
* On 10 November 2023, a US Army Black Hawk crashed off the coast of [[Cyprus]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. All 5 soldiers aboard were killed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Falconer |first=Rebecca |date=12 November 2023 |title=5 U.S service members killed in helicopter crash in Mediterranean Sea |work=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/us-military-helicopter-crash-mediterranean-five-killed |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
* On 11 September 2024, an [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) Black Hawk crashed in [[Rafah]], [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] during a medical evacuation mission. Two soldiers were killed, and seven others were injured.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bob |first=Yonah Jeremy |date=11 September 2024 |title=IDF helicopter crashes in Rafah, two soldiers dead |work=The Jerusalem Post |url=https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-819626 |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref>
* On 29 January 2025, a U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk from the 12th Aviation Battalion operating as Priority Air Transport 25 [[2025 Potomac River mid-air collision|collided with American Eagle Flight 5342]] near [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]] sending both aircraft crashing into the [[Potomac River]]. All 64 aboard the plane and all three aboard the helicopter were killed.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 29, 2025 |title=Live updates: American Airlines plane crash near Washington, DC; Reagan National Airport takeoffs and landings halted |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/plane-crash-dca-potomac-washington-dc-01-29-25 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=CNN |language=en |quote=A US Army Blackhawk (H-60) helicopter collided with passenger aircraft near Washington on Wednesday, according to two US defense officials.}}</ref>

==Specifications (UH-60M)==
[[File:UH-60 orthographical image.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|UH-60 3-view diagram]]
[[File:Hawks on Approach 160621-A-PG801-002.jpg|thumb|UH-60 fly in formation on training mission in Washington State in 2016]]
[[File:USMC-06991.jpg|thumb|[[Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion|CH-53E Super Stallion]] lifts a disabled UH-60]]

{{Aircraft specs
|ref= Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes,<ref name="Encyclo">Gunston, Bill. ''The Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes''. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1995. {{ISBN|1-56619-908-5}}.</ref> International Directory,<ref>Frawley, Gerald. ''The International Directory of Military Aircraft, 2002/2003''. Fyshwick, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 2002. {{ISBN|1-875671-55-2}}.</ref> Tomajczyk,<ref name= "Tomajczyk_p11-5">Tomajczyk 2003, pp. 11, 14–15.</ref> U.S. Army,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/black-hawk-uhhh-60/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161031111001/http://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/black-hawk-uhhh-60/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 31 October 2016 |title=Black Hawk utility helicopter — UH/HH-60|website=asc |publisher= Army}}</ref> Lockheed Martin brochure<ref name="LM M-brochure">{{cite web |url= https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/rms/documents/black-hawk/sikorsky-UH60M-brochure.pdf |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/rms/documents/black-hawk/sikorsky-UH60M-brochure.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Sikorsky UH-60M Brochure |publisher =Lockheed Martin |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> General Electric T700-GE-701D Brochure<ref>{{cite web |publisher= GE Aerospace |url= https://www.geaerospace.com/sites/default/files/datasheet-T700-701D.pdf |title=General Electric T700-GE-701D specification |url-status=dead |access-date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220182050/https://www.geaerospace.com/sites/default/files/datasheet-T700-701D.pdf}}</ref>
|prime units?=kts
<!--   General characteristics
-->
|crew=2 pilots + 2 crew chiefs/gunners
|capacity= {{convert|3190|lb|kg|abbr=on}} of cargo internally, including 11 seated troops or 6 stretchers, or {{convert|9000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} of cargo externally
|length ft=64
|length in=10
|length note=including rotors<br>
* '''Fuselage length:''' {{convert|50|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}
|width ft=7
|width in=9
|width note=
|height ft=16
|height in=10
|height note=
|empty weight lb=12511<ref name="LM M-brochure"/>
|empty weight note=
|gross weight lb=
|gross weight note=
|max takeoff weight lb=22000<ref name="LM M-brochure"/>
|max takeoff weight note=
|fuel capacity=
|more general=
<!--   Powerplant
-->
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=[[General Electric T700|General Electric T700-GE-701C/D]]
|eng1 type=[[turboshaft]] engines
|eng1 shp=1902
|eng1 note=

|rot number=1
|rot dia ft=53
|rot dia in=8
|rot area sqft=2260
|rot area note=<br>
* '''Blade section:''' ''root:'' Sikorsky SC2110; ''tip:'' Sikorsky SSC-A09<ref name="LM M-brochure"/>
<!--   Performance
-->
|max speed kts=159
|max speed note=
|cruise speed kts=152
|cruise speed note= maximum range at 18,000 lb{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
|never exceed speed kts=193
|never exceed speed note=
|range nmi=
|range note=
|combat range nmi=320
|combat range note=
|ferry range nmi=1199
|ferry range note=with [[U.S. helicopter armament subsystems#UH-60 Black Hawk/SH-60 Sea Hawk/HH-60 Jayhawk/HH-60/MH-60 Pave Hawk|ESSS]] stub wings and external tanks<ref name="Tomajczyk_p11-5"/>
|endurance=<!-- if range unknown -->
|ceiling ft=19000
|ceiling note=
|g limits=<!-- aerobatic -->
|roll rate=<!-- aerobatic -->
|climb rate ftmin=1646
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|disk loading lb/sqft=7.19
|disk loading note=
|fuel consumption lb/mi=
|power/mass= {{cvt|0.192|shp/lb|lk=on}}
|more performance=
<!--   Armament
-->
|guns=<br>
** 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) [[M240 machine gun#M240H|M240 machine gun]]s<ref name=Bishop_p11>Bishop 2008, p. 11.</ref> ''or''
** 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) [[Minigun|M134 minigun]]<ref name="Tomajczyk_p11-5"/> ''or''
** 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) [[GAU-19]] gatling guns<ref name="Tomajczyk_p11-5"/>
|bombs=Can be equipped with [[Volcano mine system|VOLCANO]] minefield dispersal system.<ref name="Tomajczyk_p11-5"/> See [[U.S. Helicopter Armament Subsystems#UH-60 Black Hawk/SH-60 Sea Hawk/HH-60 Jayhawk/HH-60/MH-60 Pave Hawk|UH-60 Armament Subsystems]] for more information.
|hardpoints=4, 2 per ESSS stub wings
|hardpoint rockets=70 mm (2.75 in) [[Hydra 70]] unguided rockets in either a 7 tube (M260) or 19 tube (M261) pod.<ref name="Tomajczyk_p11-5"/>
|hardpoint missiles=Up to 4x [[AGM-114 Hellfire]] laser guided air-to-ground missiles or 2x [[AIM-92 Stinger]] heat seeking air-to-air missiles per hardpoint. The Hellfire launcher rails can also be equipped with M260 (7 tube) Hydra pods.<ref name="DAP weapons"/><ref name="Tomajczyk_p11-5"/>
|hardpoint other=7.62 mm (0.30 in), 12.7 mm (0.50 in), 20 mm (0.787 in), or 30 mm (1.18 in) [[M230 Chain Gun|M230]] gun pods<ref name="Tomajczyk_p11-5"/>

|avionics=
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Aviation}}
{{aircontent
|see also=
* {{annotated link|Black Hawk Down (film)|''Black Hawk Down''}}
* [[Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft]] - UH-60 replacement<ref>{{cite web |work= Breaking defense |url= https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/divining-the-future-of-heavy-vertical-lift-in-the-army/ |title=Divining the future of heavy vertical lift in the Army |date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
|related=
* {{lwc|Sikorsky S-70}}
* {{lwc|Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk}}
* {{lwc|Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk|Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk}}
* {{lwc|Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk}}
* {{lwc|Piasecki X-49 SpeedHawk}}
* [[Sikorsky S-92]] / {{lwc|Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone}}
|similar aircraft=
* {{lwc|AgustaWestland AW149}}
* {{lwc|Airbus Helicopters H175}}
* {{lwc|Bell CH-146 Griffon}}
* {{lwc|Bell UH-1 Iroquois}}
* {{lwc|Bell UH-1N Twin Huey}}
* {{lwc|Bell UH-1Y Venom}}
* {{lwc|Bell 525 Relentless}}
* {{lwc|Boeing Vertol YUH-61}}
* {{lwc|Atlas Oryx|Denel Oryx}}
* {{lwc|Eurocopter AS532 Cougar}}
* {{lwc|Harbin Z-20}}
* {{lwc|KAI KUH-1 Surion}}
* {{lwc|Mil Mi-8}}/{{lwc|Mil Mi-17}}
* {{lwc|NHIndustries NH90}}
|lists=
* [[List of helicopters]]
* [[List of utility helicopters]]
* [[List of active military aircraft of the United States]]
* [[List of Sikorsky S-70 Models]]
* [[List of military electronics of the United States]]
}}

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=Nb}}

===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* Bishop, Chris. ''Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk''. Oxford, UK: Osprey, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-84176-852-6}}.
* Leoni, Ray D. ''Black Hawk, The Story of a World Class Helicopter''. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-56347-918-2}}.
* Tomajczyk, Stephen F. ''Black Hawk''. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7603-1591-4}}.
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|UH-60 Black Hawk}}
{{externalimage |topic=Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk cut-out showing internal components|width= |float=right |image1=[http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/militaryhelicoptercutaways/images/14341/sikorsky-uh-60a-blackhawk.jpg Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk from] [[FlightGlobal]]}}
* [https://www.army.mil/article/137588/uhhh_60_black_hawk_helicopter UH/HH-60 Black Hawk U.S. Army page]
* [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/h-60-black-hawk-helicopter.html Lockheed Martin's Black Hawk page]
* [http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/militaryhelicoptercutaways/images/14343/sikorsky-yuh-60a-blackhawk-cutaway.jpg YUH-60A cutaway image] on [[flightglobal.com]]
* [http://www.helis.com/programs/uttas.php UTTAS program, origin of the Black Hawk on helis.com]

{{Sikorsky S-70 family}}
{{Sikorsky Aircraft}}
{{Korean Air aircraft}}
{{USAF helicopters}}
{{PresidentialCallsigns}}
{{Swedish military aircraft designations}}
{{CAE aircraft designations}}
{{Thai helicopter designations}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Twin-turbine helicopters]]
[[Category:United States military helicopters]]
[[Category:Sikorsky aircraft|H-060, U]]
[[Category:1970s United States helicopters]]
[[Category:1970s United States military utility aircraft|Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk]]
[[Category:Sikorsky S-70|H-060 Black Hawk]]
[[Category:Search and rescue helicopters]]
[[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1974]]
[[Category:Single-rotor helicopters]]
[[Category:Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear]]