Some interesting facts about UH-1 aircrew training during the Vietnam War
Several US Army pilots enlisted in the war in Vietnam purely out of a desire to pilot the UH-1 Huey A 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter…
Several US Army pilots enlisted in the war in Vietnam purely out of a desire to pilot the UH-1 Huey A 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter…
The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne’s ability to self-deploy over great distances, including the 2,200-mile journey from California to Hawaii, was a little-noticed feature of the aircraft The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne assault…
“These test flights are part of our continuing demonstration of how DEFIANT supports the Army’s missions of massing combat power on the objective area,” Jay Macklin, Director of Business Development,…
The Royal Canadian Air Force has determined that cracks that appeared in the tail booms of its CH-148 fleet were due to local stresses caused by the equipment installed there…
These flights validate Defiant’s relevancy to the Army’s mission, providing agility at the objective (also known as the “X”), and increased survivability, all while reducing pilot workload Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing…
‘Those Japanese choppers hovered all day, just for fun. The kind of fun you only get in the military,’ said Michael Alapaki, a former US Navy enlisted aircrew For a…
The new VH-92A Marine One presidential helicopter isn’t effective “for the contingency operation mission,” a reference to emergency flights. President Joe Biden’s first flight on the VH-92A presidential helicopter, the…
Bell celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sep. 30, 2021. Bell celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack…
The US Forest Service said goodbye on Oct. 16, 2021, to their Vietnam War-era AH-1 Firewatch Cobra helicopters as an aerial attack platform. The US Forest Service said goodbye on…
After having been surrounded, the Dolphin surfaced to indicate that it was abandoning the mission and moved away from the Algerian coast. The story of an unusual incident that allegedly…