Army divested Black Hawks reach Afghanistan [Image 1 of 2]

REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL, UNITED STATES

09.15.2017

Photo by Adriane Elliot 

U.S. Army Security Assistance Command

Personnel load the first of two UH-60A utility helicopters onto a C17 at an airfield in Huntsville Sept. 15. The two aircraft are the first of 159 Black Hawks that will be shipped to Afghanistan as part of the U.S. Army’s effort to modernize the Afghan Air Force with its aging fleet of Soviet Mi-17 aircraft. “The high utilization and accelerated attrition rate of the Mi-17 fleet has made the transition to Black Hawks essential to the Afghan forces’ ability to maintain a high operations tempo as they battle against insurgent forces,” said the program executive officer for Aviation, Brig. Gen. Thomas Todd.

• Date Taken: 09.15.2017
• Date Posted: 09.25.2017 12:41
• Photo ID: 3804910
• VIRIN: 170915-A-JL056-002
• Resolution: 6016x4016
• Size: 5.4 MB
• Location: REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL, US