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.

The Black Hawk helicopter has been in service since 1979, but what makes it so special, that 36 countries use it? Here's everything you need to know.

The American Airlines jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with Black Hawk Army helicopter ...

An American Airlines flight and a Sikorsky military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan ...

The Black Hawk is a US Army workhorse helicopter. It has been flying for decades. One tragically collided with a passenger ...

A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the weapons company that builds the helicopter. There are about 5,000 of these ...

More information about the passenger jet collision with the Army helicopter has come into the newsroom.

The Blackhawk that struck an American Airlines flight landing at Reagan airport had three soldiers on board and no VIPs or senior officials were involved.

The Army helicopter and regional American Eagle jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate around the world on a daily basis.

Details continued to emerge Thursday about the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines ...

This workhorse is currently performing heavy lifting operations but may be reconfigured for offshore O&G ...