An Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies along the coast in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Nov. 8.

An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29. Both aircraft plunged into the Potomac River near Reagan Airport.

The Black Hawk is a medium-duty utility helicopter that can carry a dozen fully armed soldiers (or whatever else you can fit in that same space) to and from the battlefield quickly and safely.

The American Airlines flight involved in the deadly collision with a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, DC, seemed to ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that ... to a site near where the plane and helicopter fell into the Potomac River after colliding. Photos from the scene show a long line of police motorcycles and ...

For many, the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, like the one involved in the Wednesday collision over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is familiar for one reason: the 2001 movie "Black ...

Sikorsky, a subsidiary of the aerospace and defense giant Lockheed-Martin, says it has built more than 5,000 of the helicopters for 36 countries. The Army has said it expects the aircraft to be a key ...