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Seahawk

American

[see-hawk] / ˈsiˌhɔk /

noun

a twin-engine, four-seat U.S. Navy helicopter used for surveillance, targeting, and antisubmarine warfare.

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This week, the Pentagon posted photos of a Coast Guard tactical team, sailors and Marines boarding an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter on the deck of the Ford ahead of an apprehension.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

What actually takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier, though, are Super Hornet fighter jets and Seahawk helicopters.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Because of contract issues, the Rams traded highly productive linebacker Ernest Jones IV. Another trade later, the new Seahawk takes aim at his old team.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

The Mitsubishi SH-60K helicopters - based on the Sikorsky Seahawk - mainly operate from naval destroyers.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2024

Ihe Seahawk was a creaky, leaky vessel that I feared would sink beneath the waves at any moment.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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