{"id":96507,"date":"2013-03-29T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2013\/03\/29\/mission-helo-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:54:04","slug":"mission-helo-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2013\/03\/29\/mission-helo-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission helo was secret stealth Black Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source GAIA package: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201110105040314_5675.zip   Origin key: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201110105040314   imported at Fri Jan  8 18:18:04 2016  <div id=\"factsbox_imported_article\"> <style>\/* Define any styles to make the facts box render correctly *\/#factsbox_imported_article { margin: 5px; margin-right: 10px; float: right; clear: both; width: 33%; min-height: 10em; max-height: 70em; overflow: auto; box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #333333; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px; background-color: #EEEEEE; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #222222 }#factsbox_imported_article p { margin: 1em 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #222222 }<\/style> <div> <h3>Discuss:<\/h3> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/forum\/showthread.php?1589889-Mission-helo-was-secret-stealth-Black-Hawk\">The secret stealth Black Hawk<\/a><\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <p>The helicopters that flew the Navy SEALs on the mission to kill Osama bin Laden were a radar-evading variant of the special operations MH-60 Black Hawk, according to a retired special operations aviator.<\/p> <p>The helicopter&#8217;s low-observable technology is similar to that of the F-117 Stealth Fighter the retired special operations aviator said. &#8220;It really didn&#8217;t look like a traditional Black Hawk,&#8221; he said. It had &#8220;hard edges, sort of like an \u2026 F-117, you know how they have those distinctive edges and angles \u2014 that&#8217;s what they had on this one.&#8221;<\/p> <p>In addition, &#8220;in order to keep the radar cross-section down, you have to do something to treat the windshield,&#8221; he said. If a special coating was applied to the windshield it is &#8220;very plausible&#8221; that would make the helicopter more difficult to fly for pilots wearing night-vision goggles, he said. The helicopters carrying the SEALs arrived over the bin Laden compound at about 1 a.m. Monday local time. One crash-landed in the courtyard and was so badly damaged it was unable to take off again.<\/p> <p>That crash landing might have been caused by a phenomenon known as &#8220;settling with power,&#8221; which occurs when a helicopter descends too quickly because its rotors cannot get the lift required from the turbulent air of their own downwash. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to settle with power in a Black Hawk, but then again, if they were using one of these [low-observable helicopters], working at max gross weight, it&#8217;s certainly plausible that they could have because they would have been flying so heavy,&#8221; the retired special operations aviator said, noting that low-observable modifications added &#8220;several hundred pounds&#8221; to the weight of the MH-60, which already weighs about 500 to 1000 pounds more than a regular UH-60 Black Hawk.<\/p> <p>The special operations troops on the bin Laden mission destroyed the stricken aircraft \u2014 most likely using thermite grenades \u2014 but the resultant fire left the helicopter&#8217;s tail boom, tail rotor assembly and horizontal stabilizers intact in the compound&#8217;s courtyard.<\/p> <p>Photographs of the wreckage taken the next day raced around the Internet, creating a firestorm of speculation among military aviation enthusiasts because the tail of the helicopter did not resemble any officially acknowledged U.S. military airframe.<\/p> <p>This was to be expected, the retired special operations aviator said. &#8220;Certain parts of the fuselage, the nose and the tail had these various almost like snap-on parts to them that gave it the very unique appearance,&#8221; he said. He and another source referred to the disc-shaped device that is seen covering the tail rotor in the photographs as a &#8220;hubcap.&#8221;<\/p> <p>If the radar-evading technology worked, it &#8220;would be a true statement&#8221; to say that the use of the low-observable Black Hawks was evidence that the United States gave Pakistani authorities no advance warning of the mission, the retired special operations aviator added.<\/p> <p>The low-observable program started with AH-6 Little Bird special operations attack helicopters in the 1980s, said the aviator. During the 1990s U.S. Special Operations Command worked with the Lockheed-Martin Skunk Works division, which also designed the F-117, to refine the radar-evading technology and apply it to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment&#8217;s MH-60s, he said. USSOCOM awarded a contract to Boeing to modify several MH-60s to the low-observable design &#8220;in the &#8217;99 to 2000 timeframe,&#8221; he said.<\/p> <p>Initial plans called for the low-observable Black Hawks to be formed into a new unit commanded by a lieutenant colonel and located at a military facility in Nevada, the retired special operations aviator said. &#8220;The intent was always to move it out west where it could be kept in a covered capability,&#8221; he said.<\/p> <p>USSOCOM planned to assign about 35 to 50 personnel to the unit, the retired special operations aviator said. &#8220;There were going to be four [low-observable] aircraft, they were going to have a couple of &#8216;slick&#8217; unmodified Black Hawks, and that was going to be their job was to fly the low-observables.&#8221;<\/p> <p>SOCOM canceled those plans &#8220;within the last two years,&#8221; but not before at least some of the low-observable helicopters had been delivered to the Nevada facility, the retired aviator said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it was for money or if it was because the technology was not achieving the reduction in the radar cross-section that they were hoping for,&#8221; he said. In the meantime, MH-60 Black Hawk crews from the 160th&#8217;s 1st Battalion, headquartered at Fort Campbell, Ky., would rotate to Nevada to train on the stealthy aircraft, he said.<\/p> <p>The low-observable MH-60s were armed with the same sort of door mini-guns as standard MH-60s, he said. &#8220;There was not a DAP conversion,&#8221; he added, referring to the MH-60 variant known as the Direct Action Penetrator, which is equipped with stub wings upon which can be fitted a variety of armaments.<\/p> <p>The early versions of the low-observable Black Hawks were not fitted with air-to-air refueling probes, the retired special operations aviator said. &#8220;The probe would disrupt the ability to reduce the radar cross-section,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There was no way to put some kind of a hub or cowling over the probe that would make it stealthy.&#8221; However, he said he did not know whether the models that flew the bin Laden mission had been equipped with such probes.<\/p> <p>USSOCOM spokesman Army Col. 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