The City of Douglas Tourism and 63rd Preservation Society are proud to announce that in honor of the return of the cadets from the 63rd Army-Air Forces Flight Training Detachment, there will be two Army UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters for the public to tour on Tuesday, October 16 from 9am – 3pm at the Harless Aviation terminal at the airport. The World War II vets will be returning to Douglas for their reunion, October 14 – 19, 2012.
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61. Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East.
For more information on the 63rd AAF-FTD Reunion, please contact the Central Services Department at (912) 383-0277 or 63rd Preservation Society at (912) 592-0484. For more information on the World War II Flight Training Museum, please contact (912) 383-9111 or visit their website at http://wwiiflighttraining.org.
