- in service - Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm & Operation Southern Watch). Operations in Iraq [Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)] and Afghanistan [Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)]
- U.S.
- UH-60A Black Hawk: Original U.S. Army version, carrying a crew of 4 and up to 11 equipped troops. . U.S. Army is upgrading A-models to UH-60L standard. (Produced 1977–1989)
- UH-60L Black Hawk: UH-60A with upgraded T700-GE-701C / T700-GE-701D engines, improved durability gearbox, and updated flight control system. (Produced 1989–2007)
- MH-60A Black Hawk: 30 UH-60As modified with additional avionics, night vision capable cockpit, FLIR, M134 door guns, internal auxiliary fuel tanks and other Special Operations mission equipment in early 1980s for U.S. Army. Used by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The MH-60As were replaced by MH-60Ls beginning in the early 1990s
- MH-60L Black Hawk: Special operations modification, used by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers"), based on the UH-60L with T700-701C engines. Equipped with many of the systems used on MH-60K, including FLIR, color weather map, auxiliary fuel system, and laser rangefinder/designator. 37 MH-60Ls were built and some 10 had received an in-flight refueling probe by 2003.
- MH-60L DAP: The Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) is a special operations modification of the baseline MH-60L, operated by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The DAP is configured as a gunship, with no troop-carrying capacity. The DAP is equipped with ESSS or ETS stub wings, each capable of carrying configurations of the M230 Chain Gun 30 mm automatic cannon, 19-shot Hydra 70 rocket pod, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missiles, GAU-19 gun pods, and M134 minigun pods, 134D miniguns are used as door guns.
- MH-60K Black Hawk: Special operations modification, used by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers"). Equipped with the in-flight refueling probe, more advanced than MH-60L, the K-model also includes an integrated avionics system (glass cockpit), AN/APQ-174B terrain-following radar, color weather map, improved weapons capability, and various defensive systems.
- MH-60M Black Hawk: Special operations version of UH-60M for U.S. Army. All special operations Black Hawks will be upgraded to MH-60M standard by 2015.
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