Mon, Dec 07, 2009
Nine UH-60M's Will Make Up Bahrain Squadron, First For A
Foreign Military Service
Sikorsky celebrated the formal delivery of a UH-60M Black Hawk
helicopter to the Defense Forces of Bahrain on Tuesday. It is the
first of nine aircraft that will ultimately be delivered.
The delivery also marks the beginning of the first squadron of
UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters that will be operated by an
international military organization. The Royal Bahrain Air Force
will fly the aircraft for military operations that include
protection of sovereign borders as well as protection and defense
of U.S. and coalition strategic facilities.
"The Bahrain Air Force is getting a powerful tool in the UH-60M
Black Hawk helicopter," said Doug Shidler, Sikorsky Vice President,
U.S. Government Programs. "The sophistication and capabilities of
this aircraft will greatly enhance the Bahrain military's ability,
and will serve their country well for years to come."
Bahrain officials signed the U.S. Army Letter of Offer and
Acceptance on May 7, 2007, to purchase nine UH-60M Black Hawk
helicopters through a Foreign Military Sale (FMS), the first such
sale for the UH-60M aircraft.
The aircraft are being completed at Sikorsky's Military
Derivatives Completion Center in Horsesheads, N.Y. Deliveries are
scheduled to continue into 2010.
File Photo
The UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter is a twin-engine, medium-lift
utility helicopter designed to a U.S. Army requirement to carry an
11-man squad and four-man crew under combat conditions. Sikorsky
Aircraft has been manufacturing the Black Hawk helicopter for the
U.S. Army since 1978. The UH-60M helicopter is the latest and the
most advanced model to be fielded to the U.S. Army.
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