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SH-60 Seahawk in Action (Softcover)

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SH-60 Seahawk in Action
(Softcover)
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By John Gourley
First introduced in the mid-1980s, the U.S. Navy’s Sikorsky SH-60
Seahawk helicopter fulfills a wide range of functions from
combat to providing relief to populations stricken by natural
disasters. Based on the U.S. Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk, and
developed in accordance with the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose
System or LAMPS concept of helicopters that extend the search,
detection, surveillance, and attack capabilities of ships, the
Seahawk family of Navy choppers is distinguished by its hinged
tail that facilitates operations from giant aircraft carriers or
diminutive destroyers and frigates. The author introduces you to
the SH-60F Ocean Hawk with its AQS-13F dunking sonar for
detecting submerged vessels, the HH-60H “Rescue Hawk,” that can
fly 250 nautical miles from base to perform a rescue and then
return to base and which also serves in sea-air-land (SEAL) team
operations, the MH-60R “Strikehawk” loaded with sophisticated
avionics that facilitate undersea warfare and surface warfare
operations in shallow littoral regions as well as deep, blue
water ocean environments, and finally the MH-60S “Knighthawk”
with its two cabin doors that does everything from aeromedical
evacuation and search and rescue to mine countermeasures and
special operations transport.

Illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographs, 80 pages.

ISBN=978-0-89747-853-3