07172023 Video of U.S. Army UH72A Lakota showing Engine Start & Takeoff. United States Army Eurocopter (Airbus) UH72 Lakota Registration #1972166 from Fort Irwin National Training Center.
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Filmed at the Hollywood Burbank (Bob Hope) Airport.
The UH72A Lakota Army’s helicopter features an all glass cockpit using stateoftheart avionics on a militarized EC145 airframe. The Lakota features a fully coupled autopilot and a GPS with moving map display. The UH72 Lakota will be used for general support VIP transport and logistics operations.
The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) UH72 Lakota is a twinengine helicopter with a single, fourbladed main rotor. The UH72 is a militarized version of the Eurocopter EC145 and was built by American Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters, Inc.), a division of Airbus Group, Inc. Initially marketed as the UH145, the helicopter was selected as the winner of the United States Army's Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program on 30 June 2006. In October 2006, American Eurocopter was awarded a production contract for 345 aircraft to replace aging Bell UH1H/V Iroquois and Bell OH58A/C Kiowa helicopters in the US Army and Army National Guard fleets. It performs logistics and support missions within the US for homeland security, disaster response missions, and medical evacuations.
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