UH-60 Blackhawk

The UH-60 Black Hawk is a utility helicopter seen in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
The UH-60s in the game were used by the U.S. Military to transport U.S. Marines to the Middle Eastern city where they were searching for Khaled Al-Asad in the level "Charlie Don't Surf". A Black Hawk (Hammer 6-4) was used by the Special Air Service to infiltrate a cargo ship in the level "Crew Expendable", while a second Black Hawk (Hammer Two-Six) extracts Nikolai with John Price and his team from Russia in the end of the level "Blackout", shortly before being shot down by an enemy Stinger missile in the following level, "Hunted". It is also used in "The Sins of the Father" by SAS and USMC Joint Forces to track down Victor Zakhaev (Vulture One-Six). In "All In", a Black Hawk is seen dropping Marines on the launch facility. A crashed Black Hawk is seen in "Heat" with a still-functional Minigun, used as a defensive turret against the Ultranationalists. A Blackhawk provides minigun support in "Crew Expendable" and "The Sins of the Father", taking out enemy positions that the player cannot destroy.

Known Black Hawks

 * Vulture One-Six
 * Hammer Two-Six
 * Striker 6-4
 * Striker 6-2

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)
The player controls the minigun on a Black Hawk supporting the ground troops.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The Pave Low has displaced both the Black Hawk and the Sea Knight as the main transport helicopter, though the UH-60 is still seen in both campaign and Special Ops.

Appearance in Campaign
The Black Hawk, instead of being armed with an M134 minigun, uses an M61 Vulcan cannon with explosive 20mm rounds.
 * "S.S.D.D."
 * "Exodus"
 * "Of Their Own Accord"
 * "Just Like Old Times"

Known Black Hawks

 * Gunslinger-One
 * Dagger-Two-One

Spec Ops

 * Big Brother
 * Wardriving

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
The Blackhawk is in "Black Tuesday", used as an evac for Team Metal from the NY Stock Exchange. Sgt. Derek "Frost" Westbrook used a door mounted M134 Minigun to destroy pursuing Mi-24s in a helicopter duel down Wall Street. In Survival Mode, it is used as the transport the Delta Squad and Riot Shield Squad deploy from.

Appearance in Campaign
The Black Hawk again uses M134 Minigun, instead of being armed with a M61. It appears in the missions:


 * "Black Tuesday"
 * "Goalpost"
 * "Iron Lady"
 * "Down the Rabbit Hole"

Known Black Hawks
Appearance in Spec Ops
 * Helix-Three-Two
 * Helix-Four-Two
 * Deuce
 * Ridley
 * Catfish
 * Dragon Lady
 * Charges Set
 * Hit and Run

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
The Blackhawk reappears in Black Ops II. In the mission "Cordis Die", one LAPD Blackhawk is shot down in Los Angeles. Several others are seen later in the mission. Several unmarked Blackhawks can be seen during the mission Karma; first, while entering the elevator and looking out to the swimming pool; next, when inserted all Cordis Die's mercenary reinforcements. It also appears in Strike Force missions FOB Spectre and Shipwreck. In Shipwreck, several Blackhawks inserted the SEAL teams.

Call of Duty: Ghosts
Several UH-60s are used in the level Legends Never Die to transport Rorke, Elias and several other special forces soldiers. It was mostly replaced by Eurocopter EC-635 and NH90. They also appear in All or Nothing, as extraction from sinking U.S.S. Liberator, in Birds of Prey and in Severed Ties, where Logan Walker is using the mounted Minigun.

Behind the scenes

 * The crashed Black Hawk originally featured in the multiplayer map Crash (possibly as a reference to the 2001 film Black Hawk Down), but it was replaced with a CH-46 Sea Knight to replicate the setting of "Aftermath" more effectively.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 * In "Blackout", at the UH-60 that extracts the SAS has Royal Air Force markings, but Russian pilots. In level "Hunted", after the crash, the pilots are different.
 * In the beginning of "Charlie Don't Surf", even if a helicopter gets shot with an RPG-7 at the beginning of the mission, it will keep on flying. This is because it is a scripted and mandatory action and the enemies shoot to make the level more interactive or cinematic. This happens very often at the beginning of levels.
 * Black Hawks fly around the map in the level "Charlie Don't Surf". They sometimes gun down enemies with gunners firing from miniguns.
 * The Black Hawks in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have the Royal Air Force markings. All of the UH-60s in the Modern Warfare games are in the RAF paint job, albeit with the "ROYAL AIR FORCE" marking altered as appropriate.
 * In real life, the RAF does not have Black Hawks in service - the RAF would likely use Puma HC1 or Merlin HC3s.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

 * In Exodus and Wardriving, the Black Hawks that are supposed to be evacuating civilians are seen, but rarely. This is most likely because so many are being shot down.
 * In the Special Ops mission Big Brother, the gunner's feet are sticking through the floor of Gunslinger-One.
 * It is possible to shoot down a Black Hawk with an AT4 in "Just Like Old Times".
 * In "Exodus", after the C-130 crashes, player can see a UH-60 rise from a backyard only to be shot down.
 * In "Just Like Old Times", the riot shield teams are fast-roped in by UH-60s and later a UH-60 Black Hawk drops off Shadow Company troops alongside a MH-6 Little Bird after the artillery strike.
 * All helicopters are missing a pilot and co-pilot.
 * When a Blackhawk goes down no one is in the helicopter, even when it is supposedly full.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 * In the map Bakaara, there is a Black Hawk in the middle of the map, destroyed, but with a working minigun. This is likely a reference to the 2001 film Black Hawk Down.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

 * In mission Karma, Blackhawks transporting Mercs can be destroyed with one shot from high caliber sniper rifle or shooting the pilot.
 * The Blackhawks in Black Ops II seem to be retrofitted with elements to reduce it's radar cross section. These include a sharp, triangular nose section, large heat reducing exhaust ports, and a forward swept tailplane.

Call of Duty: Ghosts

 * In trailers, the UH-60 used the model from Black Ops II, but in final game it uses a new, more grey-ish model.