Originally Posted by
SASless
When does the taxi service turn into a combat assault aircraft?
One of the missions is to transport Special Reaction Teams in the event of hostile attacks upon a missile site or related facility.
When the bullets start flying....I would much rather be in a Blackhawk than the AW-139.
Likewise....come crashworthiness and redundancy of systems...I bet the UH-60 is far more resilient than the 139.
May want to explain that to those who spent taxpayers' money in converting UH-1Ns to UH-1Ys rather than getting "pret-a-porter" MH-60S, however in this case the 139 beat the '60 in just about every check mark of the requirements.