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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Example Sentences

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

A former commander of a pararescue jumpers squadron told CBS News that a rescue operation like the reported one in Iran would involve at least 24 pararescue jumpers scouring the area in Black Hawk helicopters.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The FAA ignored them, and the Black Hawk was flying that route when it collided with American Airlines Flight 5342.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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

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