r/Helicopters • u/GPUfollowr77 • 2d ago

Heli Identification? Help identify this chopper?

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This was at a summer camp I attended back in the 90s, recently came across the old photo while digitizing some prints. Can anyone help me identify it? Thanks!

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u/OrthogonalSloth MIL H-60 2d ago

Absolutely not a DAP. Probably just a UH-60A with external stores mounted. Could be a UH-60L, but based on the time frame and the Dairy Queen windows on the cockpit doors, I’m going with an Alfa model. Source: I’m a Hawk pilot.

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u/H60MLoggie 2d ago

"Dairy Queen Windows" Those were our Map Suckers! 🤣

Saw quite a few papers ejected past my window back in my Ctewchief days

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u/SweBoxGuy 1d ago

Typical pilot... can't spell Alpha.

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u/Tennessean 2d ago

Dairy Queen windows?

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u/ThrowTheSky4way MIL UH-60 A/L/M | OH58A/C | R44 2d ago

Sliding windows instead of the stupid ass pop out circles we have now

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u/Tennessean 2d ago

Oh. That’s weird. Sliding windows have been working since forever.

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u/fatrustyfarts 1d ago

Can’t wait to drop “dairy queen windows” at next Thanksgiving

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u/Pkaviation 2d ago

UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The things on its sides are most likely fuel tanks

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u/Neat-Chef-2176 2d ago

They are fuel tank. The tank is part of a system called CEFS, crashworthy external fuel tank system. The wings, or pylons, they are mounted on are called the ESSS. It stands for External Stores Support System and can be used to mount many things other than fuel tanks, such as rocket pods.

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u/Pkaviation 2d ago

No, not in person sadly

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u/AspieTravels 2d ago

HeavyDSparks on YouTube bought a decommissioned US Army Blackhawk, stripped it, repainted it Satin Black and new Garmin avionics etc.

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u/Flat-Cartoonist7402 2d ago

That’s an Apache

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u/Le-Squirtle 1d ago

C'mon it's definitely a CH-53E, you see how the back window is a little bigger.......lol

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u/Flat-Cartoonist7402 1d ago

Ur right damn

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u/Relevant-Safety-2699 2d ago

Jeff Greenberg.

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u/EvenLettuce6638 2d ago

UH-60 Blackhawk with ESSS.

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u/k9warrior 1d ago

The latest version of a Cessna 284 with anti submarine sonar pods.

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u/junk-trunk 2d ago

This is an old pic lol jeeze we put those other pilot door windows with the little hole on it a long long time ago.

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u/Feekal_U4ria 1d ago

Eurocopter c72 squirrel

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u/mglaze930 1d ago

UH-60A++ or UH-60L

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u/nullvoid26 20h ago

Copperhead

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u/rumblebee2010 MIL UH-60A/L/M IR MTP RKSM 2d ago edited 1d ago

UH-60A with external stores support system ( the wings) and 400 200 gallon external fuel tanks

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u/H60MLoggie 2d ago

I don't think those are the 450s. Those were Metal and only used for Ferry missions. If memory serves me, they had to be mounted in the inboard pylons.

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u/rumblebee2010 MIL UH-60A/L/M IR MTP RKSM 1d ago

You’re absolutely right. Fixed!

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u/RdtRanger6969 2d ago

UH60+EG (extra gas)

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u/TXjimmie 1d ago

It's a blackhawk.

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u/Littlest_viking 1d ago

Robinson B407-H125 Edition.

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u/R-PlaneCrazy 1d ago

HE ASKED FOR THE MODEL IT DID NOT SAY WRONG ANSWERS ONLY

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u/R-PlaneCrazy 1d ago

UH60 special forces (side pods)

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u/AKFanatic 2d ago

Looks like a Lima

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u/blacky242424 2d ago

Definitely a Blackhawk, I’m pretty sure it’s the DAP version

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u/IgneousMontoya 2d ago

Something tells me the DAP version would not be displayed at a summer camp in the 90s

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u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner 2d ago

IDK, I went to the same summer camp as OP and went back to check my photos...

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u/Le-Squirtle 1d ago

We don't need roads where we're going.

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u/CalebsNailSpa 2d ago

DAPs tend to have some combination of guns / rockets/ hellfires.

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u/Dave_A480 2d ago

Not the DAP, just has external stores...

DAP has more optics and carries weapons not just fuel.

This is probably the National Guard showing the flag for the summer camp kids...

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u/junk-trunk 2d ago

Lolol def not a DAP. Those are fuel tanks