October 30, 2014

Taiwan first batch of Black Hawks to arrive in December 2014






Taiwan will start taking delivery of first batch of 6 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the US from mid-December of this year, Taiwanese Army official said Wednesday.The helicopters will be shipped to Taiwan in seven batches, with the final batch scheduled to arrive in 2018, the official told reporters.

The U.S. and Taiwan governments had signed a deal worth a total of US$3.1 billion in 2010 for 60 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.They will be mainly used for transportation by the Army, while 15 of them will be used for disaster relief by the National Airborne Service Corps under the Ministry of the Interior, according to the official.

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