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[ChuckMK23]

UH-60L for Argentina.

The post gives a detailed breakdown of avionics and there are some surprises. I wonder if the Garmin GTN 750 was retrofitted recently or was it in service in this configuration?

https://www.state.gov/releases/under-secretary-for-political-affairs__trashed/2026/09/argentina-uh-60l-blackhawk-helicopters

 

[Randy Daytona]

UH-60L for Argentina.

The post gives a detailed breakdown of avionics and there are some surprises. I wonder if the Garmin GTN 750 was retrofitted recently or was it in service in this configuration?

https://www.state.gov/releases/under-secretary-for-political-affairs__trashed/2026/09/argentina-uh-60l-blackhawk-helicopters

Argentina is getting 24 F-16’s as well - how far are the Falklands?

 

[Gatordev]

The post gives a detailed breakdown of avionics and there are some surprises. I wonder if the Garmin GTN 750 was retrofitted recently or was it in service in this configuration?

I would guess retrofitted. These aircraft will occasionally come through where I work for gas and I've poked my head in a couple of them. I usually see some sort of x30 unit, but I'd imagine when a country is ordering something, they're asking for increased sustainability, which means going to a GTN.