The advent of military forums exposed the extent to which myths become received wisdom within the British Armed Forces,one of these myths is that Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters are a fraction of the cost of their British counterparts,herein we shall look at how much other countries pay for Black Hawks purchased via Foreign Military Sales,which is the route used by the United Kingdom to acquire helicopters from the United States of America.
The sale to Lithuania of six Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for three hundred and eighty million United States' dollars was approved on the Sixth of July,Twenty Twenty.
The sale to Croatia of two Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for one hundred and fifteen million United States' dollars was approved on the Thirtieth of October,Twenty Nineteen.
The sale to the Czech Republic of twelve Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for eight hundred million United States' dollars was approved on the Third of May,Twenty Nineteen.
The sale to Latvia of four Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for two hundred million United States' dollars was approved on the Third of August,Twenty Eighteen.
These four recent Foreign Military Sales approvals total one thousand four hundred and ninety-five million dollars for twenty-four helicopters and associated items,an average of just over sixty-two million dollars per aircraft,which at current exchange rates is over forty-five million pounds sterling per Black Hawk helicopter.
