Story by Mike Freeman, Idaho Army National Guard Idaho Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk aircrews conducted firefighting training alongside Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) personnel May 19 and 20 in preparation for the 2026…
Story by Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Beltrán, Arizona National Guard COCONINO COUNTY, Ariz. – An Arizona Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter aircrew conducted the rescue of a stranded teenager (hiker) from more than 12,000…
Story by Richard Golfenberg, New York National Guard SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. — New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews partnered with state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their firefighting skills…
Story by Anthony Housey, Minnesota National Guard CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Minnesota National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopter aircrews joined wildfire experts from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Camp…
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska. – SOFAM 25 is a Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) training and validation event for unit medics that regularly conduct exercises and operations in…
Story by Capt. Charles Rivezzo, 39th Air Base Wing U.S. Air Force. — The 39th Air Base Wing was recently awarded the Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award for its meritorious service from Jan. 1,…
STRATFORD, Conn., Oct. 29, 2024 – The U.S. Government has awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract to provide 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Greece. The deal includes 35 aircraft…
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2024 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $6 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to install the company’s ALIAS / MATRIX™ flight autonomy system onto the U.S.…
Story by Jessica Barb, Joint Force Headquarters – Pennsylvania National Guard FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA. — The Black Hawk Exchange and Sales Transaction Program (BEST) authorizes the Army to sell used and outdated military UH-60…
Story by Edwin Wriston, West Virginia National Guard CHARLESTON, West Virginia — The past March 22, 2024, two West Virginia National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters (specifically UH-60M and HH-60M) and personnel assisted in combat…