UH-60 Black Hawk

The UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (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. The UH-60A entered service with the Army in 1979, to replace the UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter.

= In Game = The Black Hawk series helicopters appear in the Battlefield Series as the United States Armed Forces main transport helicopter. The UH-60 Black Hawk and the MH-60S Knight Hawk both appear in the Battlefield Series.

Battlefield 2
The MH-60S 'Knight Hawk' is featured in Battlefield 2 as the USMC's main Transport Helicopter. It has A Crew of 3 (1 Pilot, 2 Gunners) and can hold up 3 extra passengers (2 sitting on the edge of the helicopter, 1 facing the right-hand side door). It is referenced ingame and is commonly mistaken visually as the UH-60 Black Hawk which is erroneously incorrect due to the fact that only the United States Army in the U.S military fields the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Visually the Knight Hawk and Black Hawk look very similar, with the Knight Hawk being based heavily off the UH-60L with several additional features found only on the U.S Navy's SH-60 Seahawk helicopter series.

Battlefield: Bad Company
The UH-60 Black Hawk in Battlefield: Bad Company is seen in the single-player campaign, however the player cannot interact with it in any way.



Battlefield: Bad Company 2
The UH-60 can now be used by the player and is available for use in multiplayer. It has a crew of 3, (1 Pilot 2 Gunners), and can hold an additional 2 sitting over the sides firing their class weapons. The UH-60 appears in the maps Port Valdez, Isla Inocentes, and Valparaiso.

In the Demo for Battlefield Bad Company 2, it appears that the Black Hawk can deploy flares, possibly to redirect anti-aircraft fire that has locked on due to tracer dart attachment. The flares may drop for a second or continuously for a short amount of time depending on how long the button to do so is pressed. In the full game the BlackHawk has this ability along with all the other helicopters using the Smoke Countermeasures vehicle specialization

The Blackhawk is now armed with two main Dillon Aero M134 Miniguns attached to the side of the helicopter, and two positions for two players to fire their regular weapons out the side opening, or engineers can repair the helicopter midflight, though be aware that this is only possible if the helicopter is level. These weapons are fairly effecient in killing enemies, as long as the operator can aim and fire accurately and well. If the pilot can get a high enough altitude, other enemy helicopters such as the Apache can be easily shot down with the mini-guns, depending on the skill of the gunner. The UH-60 can also be used as a "Suicide Weapon", by attaching C4 to it, flying over the enemy base, jumping out, and as soon as the helicopter hits the ground, detonate the C4. This can prove to be lethal, but it has to land straight on enemy infantry. Even though this method is unusual, it is unexpected. Another good strategy would be to become a Mobile spawn point for your squad. You drive around the enemy base, and drop off Squad members behind enemy lines. This method is suggested on a Rush game, as it makes planting at the M-Comm station easier. It is not suggested to leave the vehicle in enemy territory, as the enemies could easily use it to their own advantage. Dropping from the helicopter at high altitudes requires opening a parachute which enemies usually notice and follow to kill the landing troops. Although they risk the chopper, high speed, low altitude passes over the enemy base give dropping troops the greatest survivability because enemies are too focused on the helicopter to notice people dropping and arming an objective. The helicopter can also be used as a bomber or heavy support aircraft by passengers dropping C4 onto the enemy base or firing explosive weapons. The largest problem with firing from the Black hawk is that its movement is to unpredictable to aim easily or track targets.

Trivia

 * In Battlefield: Bad Company 2 when a gunner kills a player with the UH-60's minigun, the game shows the UH-60 as the AH-60.
 * The Black Hawk's Navy cousin The Sea Hawk features a lighter paint color and the tail wheel being closer to the troop area.
 * If you have a Squad member in the Gunner Seat, every kill he gets, you get an assist of 50 points, the same amount as getting a normal kill.
 * If you are the pilot, fly low and SLOW to give a single gunner a better shot at ground targets, this proves much more effective than high speed flyboy style piloting which generally results in death. A decent idea is to mimic the flying style of the blackhawk pilot in Modern Warfare Two's Campaign. Watch out for snipers though and keep dodging those rockets.
 * An engineer in a passenger seat can repair The Black Hawk onboard and potentially giving the helicopter regenerating health points depending on where the engineer uses his tool while on the helicopter.

= References = 1.↑http://steedagt.net/Pics/Battlefield%202%20Screenshots/BlackhawkLanding.jpg

2.↑http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2009/08/11/building-a-better-battlefield-vehicle.aspx