Latvian Air Force UH-60M Delivered

The Latvian Air Force announced on 7 November 2026 that it had received its fourth and final UH-60M Black Hawk, tail number 107, unloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III at Lielvārde Air Base. It completes the purchase of four helicopters approved by the Latvian government in September 2018 under an intergovernmental agreement with the United States, estimated at about 175 million euros including spares, training and technical support. The first two arrived in December 2022 and the third in 2023. The Black Hawks are gradually replacing the Soviet-era Mi-17s in transport, medical evacuation, search and rescue and firefighting support; Latvia transferred Mi-17 and Mi-2 helicopters to Ukraine from 2022.