Croatia will become the fifth Eastern European country, were armed with US multi-purpose helicopters UH-60M Black Hawk. US State Department approved the sale of the Croatian armed forces of the two “black hawks” new construction.
The demonstration of the helicopter Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk US Army in Croatia at the airport Pleso (Zagreb)
30 October this year, the Agency US Department of Defense for military cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency – DSCA) sent to the US Congress a notice about the planned sale of Croatia's upcoming two multipurpose helicopters Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk new construction. The delivery will be made within the framework of the intergovernmental program of the US Foreign Military Sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The total cost of delivery will be presumed 115 $ millions.
Another two helicopters UH-60M of new construction Croatia will receive from the United States 2020-2021 years in order military aid. Thus, the Croatian army will be armed with four American helicopters, which should replace the military-transport helicopters Mi-8 Soviet-made, Croatia inherited from the Army of Yugoslavia. Earlier, the US approved the sale of UH-60 Black Hawk Slovakia, Albania, Latvia and Lithuania.
UH-60 Black Hawk (Black Hawk) - a multi-purpose helicopter, created by the American company Sikorsky. Available since 1977 years and during that time repeatedly modernized. Intended for transportation 11 soldiers in full gear.
