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Old January 13th 05, 06:35 AM
Thomas Schoene
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D wrote:

The article also included a photo of a MH-60S KnightHawk, which was a
name I was unfamiliar with.


The MH-60S is very recent, within the last year or two. It's basically a
hybrid of the Seahawk and the Blackhawk, intended for VERTREP and other
roles, eventally including mine countermeasures and combat SAR. I'm not
sure whether the name "Knighthawk" is official, but it's fairly common, from
the Navy's plan to use it to replace the UH-46 and HH-46 Sea Knight (but not
the Marine CH-46s) as well as the HH-60H.

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Old January 13th 05, 11:06 PM
Guy Alcala
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Thomas Schoene wrote:

D wrote:

The article also included a photo of a MH-60S KnightHawk, which was a
name I was unfamiliar with.


The MH-60S is very recent, within the last year or two. It's basically a
hybrid of the Seahawk and the Blackhawk, intended for VERTREP and other
roles, eventally including mine countermeasures and combat SAR. I'm not
sure whether the name "Knighthawk" is official, but it's fairly common, from
the Navy's plan to use it to replace the UH-46 and HH-46 Sea Knight (but not
the Marine CH-46s) as well as the HH-60H.


The MH-60Ss involved are from HC-11. There are SH-60Fs and HH-60Hs from HS-2 on
the Kennedy, and SH-60Bs from HSL-47 also operating from the Kennedy (presumably
they would normally be based on the escorts). You can easily ID the MH-60S by
noticing the Blackhawk-style aft landing gear, as well as the two windows in the
larger (also from the Blackhawk) sliding doors.

Guy

 




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