The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade,twin-engine,medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976,after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61.
The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter operated by the United States military. As the Sikorsky S-80,it was developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion,mainly by adding a third engine,adding a seventh blade to the main rotor,and canting the tail rotor 20°. It was built by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Marine Corps. Developed in the 1970s,it entered service in 1981,and is planned to be in service into the 2030s. It is one of the largest helicopters,and military helicopters in service,and is operated from U.S. Navy ships or from land.
Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary,finance secretary,foreign affairs secretary,and budget secretary. His most recent office is his leadership of the Department of Foreign Affairs before and during the early period of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
The Mil Mi-17 is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M),continuing in production as of 2024 at two factories,in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service. The helicopter is mostly used as a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter,as well as an armed gunship version.
The Airbus Helicopters H125 is a single-engine light utility helicopter designed and originally manufactured by the French corporation Aérospatiale,and later by Eurocopter. In North America,the H125 is marketed as the AStar. The AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin-engine variant,marketed in North America as the TwinStar.
The EurocopterAS550 Fennec and AS555 Fennec 2 are lightweight,multipurpose military helicopters manufactured by Eurocopter Group. Based on the AS350 Ecureuil and AS355 Ecureuil 2 series,they are named after the fennec fox. The armed versions of the AS550 and AS555 can be fitted with coaxial weapons,rockets,torpedoes and various other munitions.
This is a list of events that happened in 2010 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
This is a list of events that happened in 2011 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
JoséFrancisco Blake Mora was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón from 2010 to 2011. He was Mexico's top cabinet secretary and key figure in the battle against the drug cartels and corruption in the country. Blake Mora was also an important official in the dialogues of Felipe Calderón's drug policy,where he constantly traveled to meet with governors and victims of the drug war.
This is a list of events that happened in 2012 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas was a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He was the governor of Puebla from February 2011 through January 2017.
Alejandro Ismael Murat Hinojosa is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was elected Governor of Oaxaca in 2016 and took office from December 1,2016,to November 30,2022.
On January 17,2018,a Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter of Sapphire Aviation crashed near Raton,New Mexico,United States. Five of the six people on board were killed. The sole survivor was in serious condition.
The 2018 Oaxaca earthquake occurred on February 16,2018,at 17:39 local time in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Oaxaca state in Southern Mexico. It had a magnitude of 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of VII on the Mercalli intensity scale. The hypocenter was located at a depth of 24.6 km and approximately 37 km northeast of Pinotepa de Don Luis. There were only two reports of injuries from the earthquake,but later a military helicopter surveying the damage crashed and killed 14 people. There were also 15 people injured.
Martha Érika Alonso Hidalgo was a Mexican politician of the National Action Party (PAN) who served as the first female governor of Puebla from 14 December 2018 until her death ten days later in a helicopter crash. She was the spouse of Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas,who was governor of Puebla from 2011 to 2017 and was also killed in the crash.
On December 24,2018,a helicopter carrying Martha Érika Alonso Hidalgo,the newly elected governor of the Mexican state of Puebla,and her husband,senator and former governor Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas,crashed on a hill in Coronango near the city of Puebla. All five people on board the helicopter were killed in the crash:Alonso,Moreno,the two pilots,Captain Roberto Coppe Obregón and Captain Marco Antonio Tavera Romero,and an assistant to the senator. Alonso was 10 days into her term as governor at that time of the crash. The accident investigation found a preexisting problem with a stability system on the helicopter.
