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	U.S. Navy Fact Sheet VH-60N Night Hawk helicopter Description Executive transport helicopter. Features The VH-60N is a twin engine, all-weather helicopter flown by Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) and supports the executive transport mission for the President of the United States. Background The VH-60N is an executive transport helicopter derived from both the U.S. Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk and the U.S. Navy’s SH-60 Seahawk aircraft. The H-60 family of helicopters is widely used throughout the Department of Defense for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, drug interdiction, anti-ship warfare, cargo lift, and special operations. The VH-60N was first delivered to HMX-1 in 1989 as a replacement for the VH-1N.

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	General Characteristics
	Primary Function: Executive transport.
	Contractor: Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies, Stratford, CT.
	Date Deployed: 1989.
	Propulsion: Two General Electric T700-GE-401 engines.
	Length: 64 feet 10 inches (19.6 meters).
	Height: 16 feet, 10 inches (5.1 meters).
	Weight: Basic: 15,100 lbs. (6,850 kg); Maximum takeoff weight is 22,000 lbs (9,980 Kg).
	Crew: Three to four.

	Last Update: 20 February 2009