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.

For many, the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, like the one involved in the Wednesday collision over the Potomac River ...

Aviation experts are shedding light on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after one collided with American Airlines Flight 5342, ...

The Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue mission to the Yukon is still ongoing in response to an ultralight plane crash near ...

A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the ...

The military helicopter that collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in a crash that ...

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

The UH-60 Black Hawk has been deployed to dozens of combat zones around the world. Sikorsky has built more than 5,000 of them in Stratford since the 1970s.

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.