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Black Hawk

American  

noun

  1. 1767–1838, American Indian chief of the Sauk tribe: leader of Sauk and Fox Indians in the Black Hawk War.


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Border Patrol agents from an elite unit rappelled from a hovering Black Hawk helicopter onto the roof of a 130-unit apartment complex.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The Black Hawk helicopter was ready for take off – its rotor blades slicing through the air in the deadening heat of the Colombian Amazon.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Elsewhere around the country, a raid on a Chicago apartment building in the middle of the night—featuring agents rappelling down the building from a Black Hawk helicopter—earned the administration plenty of controversy, but no apologies.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026

The agency revealed findings into the crash of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

In his short three-month enlistment during the Black Hawk War in 1832, he never saw combat.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly