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UH-60A
markVI
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 11:31 PM UTC
Hi everyone and happy new year. I'm a noob on this site although I've been on Armorama for a while now. I have a quick question

I have the Italeri kit of the UH-60A "Desert Hawk", although I have a suspicion that this is not the correct name for the designation. I know the UH-60 is a Black Hawk, so is the Desert Hawk just a Black Hawk with a different paint job or is it a different machine?

I just want to make sure that if I go hunting for reference pics, I look in the right places.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 06:58 AM UTC
Yup, a misnomer by Italeri. It is simply a standard UH-60A Blackhawk painted sand, which only a few were painted that way for ODS ('90-'91).
markVI
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Posted: Friday, January 04, 2008 - 02:18 AM UTC
Thanks Gino, this question was actually a tag -along from the thread about Blackhawks on Armorama but I thought this would be a better place to put it.

I appreciate that - thanks again.
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