Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
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The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a twin-engine military utility helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. Entering service in 1979, it was introduced to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter. The UH-60 Black Hawk has appeared in multiple giant monster films, beginning with Legendary Pictures' Godzilla (2014).
History
- Godzilla (2014)
- Rampage (2018)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Monsterverse
Godzilla (2014)
While exploring the restricted zone of Janjira, Joe and Ford Brody saw UH-60 Black Hawks flying toward the former site of the nuclear power plant, having been transformed into a laboratory to study a large chrysalis on top of the reactor.
After a Russian Akula-class submarine went missing in the North Pacific, three UH-60 Black Hawks were deployed to search for the vessel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The helicopters, along with a U.S. Navy Special Forces team, discovered the submarine in a jungle outside Honolulu International Airport. Shining spotlights on the sub, one of the pilots spotted the male MUTO feeding on its weaponry. Shortly after, four UH-60s and a UH-1 Iroquois flew above civilians vacationing on a nearby beach. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs circled the MUTO and prepared to engage, only for the monster to activate an EMP, disabling and destroying all aircraft within his vicinity.
As the power returned to Honolulu Airport, the male MUTO stomped in the path of the monorail Ford was aboard. Two UH-60s flew past the train and fired at the MUTO with their machine guns to no effect before the monster attacked Ford's car. Confirming their target sighted, another UH-60 shot at the MUTO and narrowly avoided Godzilla's fins, ultimately colliding with the MUTO's arm and crashing into a parked airliner. This set off a chain reaction causing other nearby planes to explode.
Dozens of UH-60 Black Hawks followed the female MUTO as it tore through Las Vegas and headed toward San Francsico. At a tactical operations command in Oakland, California, two UH-60s prepared to land near the UH-1 Ford was transported on. Later, the morning after Godzilla fought and killed the MUTOs, two UH-60s flew near Godzilla before the Titan returned to the ocean.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Two Monarch-operated modified UH-60s observed Mothra in her larval form as she cocooned herself under a waterfall in China's Yunnan rainforest.
Rampage
When the Athena-1 satellite exploded in Earth's atmosphere, three capsules containing biotech company Energyne's experimental "Project Rampage" pathogen crash-landed in the United States. One of the capsules landed in a forest in Wyoming, causing a wolf to mutate and grow giant. Learning one of the capsules was in Wyoming, Claire Wyden, CEO of Energyne, dispatched a team of mercenaries in a UH-60 Black Hawk to retrieve it before anyone could trace it back to her company. The team, led by Burke, discovered the canister before being ordered to kill the mutated wolf. Later, Burke shot the wolf with an assault rifle while in the helicopter before deploying his squad into the forest. However, the wolf was still alive and proceeded to massacre the entire mercenary group and destroy the UH-60 by leaping onto its fuselage.
After the C-17 transport plane carrying the mutated gorilla George crashed, primatologist Davis Okoye, geneticist Kate Caldwell, and government agent Harvey Russell were taken to Scott Air Force Base. The military dismissed their warnings about Energyne's role in George and Ralph's mutation and the animals' attraction to Chicago. While the military's attempt to stop George and Ralph outside Chicago failed, Davis knocked out the MPs escorting them. With Russell's assent, they stole a medevac UH-60 and headed for Chicago themselves to try to find an antidote and stop the rampage. They flew above George, Ralph, and the mutated crocodile Lizzie as the monsters caused destruction to the city and routed the U.S. military. The duo landed their UH-60 in the middle of an intersection before heading to Energyne's headquarters.
Capabilities
Flight
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk has a maximum speed of 294 km/h (183 mph, 159 kn) with a ferry range of 2,221 km (1,380 mi, 1,199 nmi) and a service ceiling of 5,800 m (19,000 ft).[1]
Armament
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk can be armed with two 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M240 machine guns, two 7.62 mmm (0.30 in) M134 miniguns, or two 12.7 mm (0.50 in) GAU-19 gatling guns. The UH-60 also has four hardpoints, two per ESSS stub wing, capable of carrying combinations of rockets, bombs, and missiles.[1]
Books
Godzilla vs. Kong: Sometimes Friends Fight (But They Always Make Up)
A UH-60 Black Hawk is among the vehicles Godzilla and Kong play with.
Comics
- Godzilla vs. Barkley (1993)
- Godzilla: Aftershock (2019)
- Godzilla Rivals: Mothra Vs. Titanosaurus (2023)
- Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted (2024)
- Godzilla: 70th Anniversary (2024) ["The Big One"]
- Monsterverse Declassified (2024) ["Behemoth"]
Godzilla vs. Barkley
A UH-60 Black Hawk and F-16 Fighting Falcons fired missiles at Godzilla as he came ashore in California, but to no effect.
Godzilla: Aftershock
Two UH-60 Black Hawks flew near the site of the destroyed Joint Region Marianas base in Guam following Godzilla and MUTO Prime's battle. Later, a UH-60 observed MUTO Prime destroy the Athena II nuclear power plant in Creys-Malville, France.
Godzilla Rivals: Mothra Vs. Titanosaurus
After Titanosaurus surfaced and began rampaging in San Diego, a UH-60 Black Hawk was sent to transport Master Chief Irene Catocala back to Naval Base San Diego to assist the naval fleet. Later, with Catocala's help, Mothra's egg was lifted by four UH-60s onto the deck of the USS James Bradley via a net.
Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted
Multiple UH-60 Black Hawks were transported into the Hollow Earth along with the Titan Hunter for Raymond Martin to use during his 48-hour Titan hunt.
Godzilla: 70th Anniversary
"The Big One"
Pop, Lisa, Ray, and Bo were rescued by a UH-60 Black Hawk, with the gunner shooting the slug monsters before they escaped.
Monsterverse Declassified
"Behemoth"
Three UH-60 Black Hawks and two gunships attacked Behemoth after his battle with Amhuluk, and the dark fog that arrived with them sapped his strength. The Amazon forest defenders tried to fight back, but they were gunned down by ground soldiers. The giant bed built by the forest defenders for Behemoth was set ablaze. Moved by their sacrifice, he smashed one helicopter with his tusk and stomped the gunmen, then cracked one of the ships in half and threw the wreckage into the other ship and helicopter. The final UH-60 quickly retreated.
Gallery
Screenshots
Godzilla
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Two UH-60s fly past the ruins of Las Vegas -
A UH-60 (top right) flies near Godzilla -
Rampage
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Ralph leaps at a UH-60
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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Two UH-60s observe Mothra in the waterfall
Godzilla vs. Kong: Sometimes Friends Fight (But They Always Make Up)
"The Big One"
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A UH-60 flies away as Godzilla and Schneckeczar battle
See also
References
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