Aviators are needed for AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, as well as CH-47 Chinooks, UH-60 Black Hawks, and, in some instances, fixed-wing assignments. With airlines running a reduced flight schedule and…
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant recently achieved 205 knots, surpassing the top speed of the legendary Black Hawk. Released on Jun 9, 2020, the interesting video in this post features the…
The Containerized Flight Training Device provides realistic cockpit or system displays (i.e. visual resolution, tactile, spatial, audio, and functionality) and can simulate weather and tactical environments. The H-53 Heavy Lift…
The 4.5-hour test was accomplished over Chesapeake Bay with a KC-130J aerial refueling (AR) tanker The CH-53K King Stallion recently aced an air-to-air refueling test, successfully demonstrating long-range logistics support…
‘This is the standard which is better: an AK-47 or M-16 type question,’ Joe Difrancesco, former AH-64 Apache Pilot in the US Army. The AH-1 Cobra is a two-blade rotor, single-engine attack…
The fire from the shore increased as Millikin entered a hover over Cain, and he could see the water erupt into geysers as the rounds came perilously close. At first,…
David M. Densford, the Chinook pilot with 4,000 flt hrs and 24 years in the CH-47 models A thru F, lists 14 amazing facts about this legendary helicopter. In 1960,…
The USAF named its newest combat rescue helicopter, the HH-60W, the “Jolly Green II,” following the legendary tradition of the Vietnam-era HH-3E Jolly Green and HH-53 Super Jolly Green crews…
The interesting video in this post features the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant continuing to expand its flight envelope. Recently taken at the Sikorsky Development Flight Test Center in West Palm Beach,…
‘I cried when I heard about it. The Cobra means so much to the students she has inspired and the veterans that maintain her,’ Stephen Seymour, executive director of Celebration Freedom Foundation.…