Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The first two Black Hawk helicopters from the United States have joined the fleet of the Afghan Air Force, with expectations the UH-60A will replace the aging fleet of M-17 helicopters currently in use there.
The UH-60A Black Hawks were welcomed earlier this month at an airfield in Kandahar by President Ashraf Ghani and other Afghan and U.S. officials, the U.S. Army announced on Tuesday.