What to know about the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk — a global workhorse
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.
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Fighting LA’s fires from the sky
Illustration showing California landscape with a helicopter over a reservoir, image The Firehawk uses a retractable snorkel to take 1,000 gallons of water into its tank in less than a minute.
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Fighting LA’s fires from the sky
Illustration showing California landscape with a helicopter over a reservoir, image The Firehawk uses a retractable snorkel to take 1,000 gallons of water into its tank in less than a minute.
The New York Times16d
The Terrifying Ride of Copter 17
The department was the first county to adapt the military’s Black Hawk helicopter into a firefighting copter known as the Firehawk, which carries a water tank of 1,000 gallons. The department ...
New York Magazine16d
What It’s Like Inside a Waterbomber
A Chinook helicopter makes a water-bombing run over the Palisades on the fourth night of the L.A. fires. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images Tanker 47 rears up as helicopter pilot Darren ...
Interesting Engineering17d
US Black Hawk helicopters to get smart with world-first universal flight system
A California-based company has partnered with the U.S. Army to develop solutions that can reduce the time taken to train the pilots and add autonomy to Black Hawk helicopters. Skyryse, which is th ...
Reuters18d
Fact Check: Video does not show the arrival of Mexican helicopters in LA
Jan 16 - A video of Mexican helicopters from a 2018 military exercise has been miscaptioned online as showing the arrival of humanitarian aid from Mexico to combat wildfires in Los Angeles that ...
El Sol del Valle de San Fernando18d
Whiteman Airport Played Vital Role in Combating the Hurst Fire in Sylmar
A Firehawk helicopter was brought into Whiteman Airport by Cal Fire on Wednesday, Jan. 8, to combat the Hurst Fire in Sylmar. (Photo Courtesy of James Miller) When the Hurst Fire was still burning ...
SlashGear18d
Black Hawk Helicopters Are Getting Smarter And Are Almost Ready To Fly Themselves
Initially, SkyOS' integration will target the Army's helicopters — the bulk of the U.S. military's inventory — but should things progress, other branches' choppers may receive similar upgrades.
Global News18d
Black Hawk helicopters, drones are part of Canada’s new border security plan
Canada is now deploying helicopters, including Black Hawks entering service this week, among a range of other measures like drones to patrol the U.S.-Canada border, Public Safety Minister David ...
Reuters19d
Fact Check: Video shot from water-bombing helicopter predates January 2025 LA wildfires
It was published online in Oct. 2019, opens new tab by the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Air Operations Section and described as showing a Firehawk helicopter dropping water on a fire in ...