ARMY AL&T


UH-60 Recapitalization (Recap)— Black Hawk’s Cornerstone


for Fleet Sustainment COL L. Neil Thurgood and Zachary A. Best


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he UH-60 Recap Program was initiated in 2002 with the induction of the first UH-60A aircraft at Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), TX, and continues today as the fundamental tenet of sustaining an aging Black Hawk fleet. The


program was initiated as a recap/rebuild effort, which is, in short, a complete overhaul of the aircraft including replacement of all dynamic components, structural/electrical enhancement and repair, and delivery of a like-new UH-60A with an objective of 10 years’ additional service life. To date, more than 140 UH-60As have been recapped and delivered to many state Army National Guard (ARNG) units, the U.S. Army Reserve, and the U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Center at Fort Rucker, AL.


A U.S. Army UH-60A Black Hawk medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopter with Charlie Co., 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, Forward Support MEDEVAC Team, fl ies over an Iraqi town along the Tigris River Oct. 22, 2009. To date, more than 140 UH-60A aircraft have been recapped and delivered. (Photo by U.S. Navy PO1 Carmichael Yepez, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)


APRIL –JUNE 2010


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