Oklahoma Army National Guard Helicopter to land at Tuttle High School Football Field at 11:15 am and stay till 1:50 pm.
The helicopter will have 2 enlisted crew chiefs and 2 warrant officer pilots. It is a medevac helicopter, not assult unit. It is not equipped with weapons mounted to the aircraft. Personnel are only allowed personal protection weapons and, according to Geneva convention, cannot fire from the aircraft. The weapons are for protection while on the ground loading wounded or after an aircraft crash (where soldiers escape and evade). The normal crew consists of 2 pilots, one crew chief, and one flight medic.
Medevac helicopters have crews that are on call for 24 hours at a time. After the receipt of the 9-line (call for medevac support) one pilot and crew chief run to the helicopter and begin the start-up process. The Pilot in Command and flight medic get information on the patient, location, and any necessary intel. When the PC and Medic arrive at the aircraft they start the engines and take off.
This helicopter is stationed at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Lexington OK. It belongs to Detachment 1 C Company 2/149 General Support Aviation Battalion: more commonly written Det 1 co C 2/149 GSAB. The unit deployed to Afghanistan 2003-04 and Iraq in 2008-09.
The UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. The UH-60 features four-blade main and tail rotors and is powered by two General Electric T700 turboshaft engines.
Model UH-60A , 53 feet long, 17 feet tall, max speed 126 kph, carries 12 troops, as medevac carries upto 6 litter patients (on back boards), most commonly set up for 2 litter and up to 5 ambulatory (walking wounded).