Mystery H-60 ID help needed

Lockon · Post by **Lockon** » 15 Jan 2019, 15:33

Hi,

I photographed an H-60 near Washington, DC a few months back that is a little bit difficult to ID. I can read "279" - maybe "41279" on the tail, it has "United States" written on the boom, "126" with a white circle on the side of the cabin, and gloss black paint with gray strips. Here is the photo:

https://flic.kr/p/2agJ4jF

Here is an enhanced 1:1 image:

http://www.lockonaviation.net/tmp/2018- ... C_6788.jpg

Any ideas?

Thank you!

OscarM · Post by **OscarM** » 15 Jan 2019, 15:57

Isn't that one of the S-70's of the US Department of Justice?

Arjenp · Post by **Arjenp** » 15 Jan 2019, 16:11

08-20126 DoJ S-70A. (reference)

Lockon · Post by **Lockon** » 15 Jan 2019, 19:06

Wow, thank you! There is something on the tail that I can see in my photo and also the link to a.net... KM41279 or KM1279 maybe? Any thoughts on what that number/ID may be? I remain a little skeptical about the registration given on the A.net photo because of this ID on the tail.

Arjenp · Post by **Arjenp** » 15 Jan 2019, 19:23

Lockon wrote:Wow, thank you! There is something on the tail that I can see in my photo and also the link to a.net... KM41279 or KM1279 maybe? Any thoughts on what that number/ID may be? I remain a little skeptical about the registration given on the A.net photo because of this ID on the tail.

Based on what I can find, KM1279 is the aircraft registration and 08-20126 is the airframe 'registration' (c/n 70-224). 126 has been reported before on this MB here.

Lockon · Post by **Lockon** » 15 Jan 2019, 19:35

Again, wow! I'm not sure how Google let me down but I can't thank you enough!

"KM" is a very odd registration for a USA-based aircraft

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