160th SOAR Black Hawks affection several modifications:
Aeronautics - avant-garde GPS/Inertial aeronautics systems
Aerial refueling (AR) adequacy - an extendable refueling delving on the starboard ancillary of the helicopter's assembly enables in-flight refueling from MC-130E/H, MC-130P and MC-130W tankers
An all-encompassing aircraft survivability accessories (ASE) including alarm admonishing receivers, bittersweet jammers and flare/chaff launchers
Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) acceptance for low-level all-weather day/night flying
MH-60 - Variants
MH-60K
based about a UH-60A, the 'Kilo' is powered by 2 Two General Electric T700-GE-701C engines. Unique to the MH-60K is an chip avionics arrangement and a AN/APS-174 multi-mode radar
MH-60L
the 'Lima' is the hardly beneath adult accessory of the MH-60K. It is based about the UH-60L account helicopter.
MH-60K/L - Roles
The MH-60K and MH-60L are primarily acclimated for the admittance and abstraction of Appropriate Operations Forces (SOF) in adverse environments, day and night and in all acclimate conditions. The K/Ls can additionally re accumulation SOF units in the field, backpack out medical aborticide (medevac), action look and accomplishment (CSAR) and alien amount transports.
For CSAR missions, the MH-60K/L are able with an AN-ARS-6 cadre area arrangement (PLS). The PLS homes in on the arresting from a accordant adaptation radio or ache beacon, as agitated by U.S. pilots and Appropriate Operations Forces, enabling their area to be pinpointed by the aircrew.
MH-60K/Ls are usually armed with M134 7.62mm electrically-operated, air-cooled gatling guns.
The helicopters backpack a alternative of accessory for inserting and extracting personnel
Fast Braiding Admittance Abstraction Arrangement (FRIES)
a set of rigs that acquiesce for blubbery woolen ropes to be absorbed to the berth to acquiesce for operators to 'fast rope' bottomward from the helicopter.
Appropriate Patrol Admittance & Abstraction Arrangement (SPIES)
Acclimated for extracting cadre from the ground, a distinct braiding is absorbed to the helicopter and bargain down. A alternation of rings on the braiding acquiesce operators on the ground, all cutting appropriate harnesses, to blow assimilate the rope. Up to 8 fully-laden troops can be aerial off the arena and agitated abroad application this method
Braiding ladder
MH-60K/L - Crew
The MH-60K/Ls are about crewed by 4 Night Stalkers:
Pilot
Co-pilot
2 x crewchiefs/aerial gunners
MH-60K Specifications
Crew 4 - Pilot, Co-pilot & 2 crew-chiefs/door-gunners
Engines 2 Two General Electric T700-GE-701C engines
Dimensions L - 17.1m
W (rotorspan) - 14.1m
H - 4.4m
Weights 6,114 kg (empty)
9,967 kg (max loadout)
Max Speed 296 kph
Range 964 km with 2x 1703-litre alien ammunition tanks
Armament 2 gun ports (port/starboard) :
7.62mm miniguns and/or.50 apparatus guns
Avionics AN/AAQ-16 FLIR
AN/APQ-174B Terrain Following Radar
AN/ARN-148 Omega/VLF navigation
M-130 chaff/flare dispensers
AN/ALQ-144 IR jammer
Radar / Laser admonishing receivers
KG-10 map affectation unit
