After the Airwolf TV series concluded, the cosmetically modified Bell 222, serial number 47085, was sold and became an ambulance helicopter in Germany. Aired from Jan. 22, 1984, until Aug.…
‘I looked out the left window and saw a French Mirage III sitting ten feet off my left wing. He came up on our frequency and asked us for our…
The X-32 earned the nickname “Monica” after a certain White House intern who was famous for her… Uh… Oratory skills. The Boeing X-32 was a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter…
There are many scenarios in which tube artillery can engage attack helicopters. Sometimes called helicopter gunships because of their heavy armament, modern attack helicopters have two primary roles: first, to…
The SB>1 Defiant helicopter demonstrated mission-relevant cargo capacity by lifting a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System training load. As the video in this post shows, the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant…
The commonality between the UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper aircraft enabled critical component supply chains to remain active during AH-1Z production for the USMC. Bell has restarted UH-1Y Venom helicopter…
‘We landed in a soybean field and sank… The field was plowed and the dirt very loose…,’ Chris Ishmael, former US Army CH-47 Chinook flight engineer. On Jan. 5, 2021,…
A US Army Black Hawk helicopter made an emergency landing at Charles de Gaulle Square, Bucharest, tearing down two public street lights and stopping traffic but making no casualties. A…
‘During the last bursts on the leader, gun stoppages occurred. Both port and starboard guns were charged in an attempt to clear them before firing again,’ David McCampbell, US Navy’s…
A few times, Lt. Éva ‘Vivi’ Horváth, the female pilot of one of the Mi-24V was able to keep a firm “target lock” on an F-15 in the gunsight, while…