Defense Secretary Pete
Hegseth said in a Fox News interview Friday that the helicopter was
performing a “continuity of government” drill, which helped the pilots
“rehearse in ways that would reflect a real world scenario.”
- He declined to offer much more detail, saying he didn’t want to get “into anything that’s classified.”
The
government doesn’t disclose details of its evacuation plans for top
officials but they likely involve Raven Rock Mountain, a facility in
Pennsylvania that has been used since the 1950s as an alternate command
center in the event of a nuclear war.
Even the mission’s
chief beneficiary, President Donald Trump, appeared caught unawares by
its purpose. At a press conference on Wednesday, he was asked to clarify
comments by Hegseth on the continuity of government plans.
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The most notable Black Hawk crashes were in 1993 during the Battle of
Mogadishu in Somalia, though those incidents were combat-related in
which Somali forces shot down three UH-60
Black Hawks.
- The battle put the secretive Army Delta Force unit, also referred to as Combat Applications Group, into the mainstream lexicon after the landmark book and film "Black Hawk Down," cementing the battle in special operations lore.
Black Hawk Helicopters Are Getting Smarter And Are Almost Ready To Fly Themselves
It's not hyperbole to say that for over 40 years, the UH-60 Black Hawk has been the U.S. Army's workhorse helicopter. It entered the inventory in 1979 as a replacement for the UH-1 Iroquois, known as the Army's "Huey" helicopter, and it's filled that role well. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard all operate their own variants, and more than 5,000 have been built.
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