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A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the weapons company that builds the helicopter. There are about 5,000 of these helicopters in use by the United States Military.

Here are live updates on the deadly collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, according to aviation and defense officials.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. Helicopters from law enforcement agencies across the region flew over the scene in search of survivors.

The Army helicopter and regional American Airlines jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate around the world on a daily basis.

Good morning. A high of 50 today and a low of 40 tonight. You can find me on Bluesky, and there’s a link to my email address at the bottom of this post. The latest on the air disaster: A jet preparing to land at National Airport collided with a US Army helicopter over the Potomac River Wednesday night.

The newly announced plan is to lease two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Operating a heavy helicopter requires specialized training, infrastructure, and maintenance capacity. The RCMP aims to integrate these helicopters into their existing fleet ...

This workhorse is currently performing heavy lifting operations but may be reconfigured for offshore O&G

The UH-60 Black Hawk is the helicopter involved in a crash with a passenger jet on Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

The trials mark the first time one of the new GE Aerospace T901 Improved Turbine Engines has been powered up inside a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk as part of a US Army plan to overhaul its fleet of the iconic utility helicopters.