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Taiwan receives second batch of four UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters 2705154.
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Taiwan
has taken delivery of a further four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, part
of a package of 60 such choppers from the United States, after the second
batch of the aircraft was shipped to southern Taiwan earlier this week,
the Republic of China's Army said Tuesday, May 26. The four Black Hawks
arrived in Kaohsiung May 24 and were later put through ground and air
testing after being unloaded and assembled. |
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After
passing standard inspections and testing earlier Tuesday, two of the helicopters
were flown to an RoC Army Aviation Special Forces base in Guiren, in neighboring
Tainan, while the two others were scheduled to be flown to the same base
the following day, it added. The Guiren base is where Taiwanese Army personnel
are receiving training on the new helicopter.
The US government announced in early 2010 that it would sell Taiwan the 60 choppers, worth a total of US$3.1 billion. The first batch of four was shipped to Taiwan last December. The 60 helicopters are scheduled to be delivered to Taiwan in 10 shipments, with the final batch of three to be shipped in 2019, the RoC Army said. The Black Hawks
are replacing the RoCA's aging fleet of UH-1H utility helicopters and
will be deployed in northern and southern Taiwan for combat and rescue
missions, it added. |
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