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The National Interest on MSN15h
The Road Not Taken: The US Army’s AH-56 Cheyenne Attack Helicopter
In the 1960s, as the Vietnam War was raging, Lockheed Martin created a concept known as the AH-56 Cheyenne attack helicopter ...
Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. One firefighter had a better idea
Retired firefighter Mark Whaling knows firsthand what it’s like to wait on a helicopter to refill on water while he's ...
Amazon S3 on MSN1d
US AH-64 Gunner Uses His Helmet to Aim Targets During Insane Live Fire Drill
Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the daily operations of the lethal US Army Ah-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. Footage Credit: U.S. Army / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Air Force , ...
See the MV-75 tiltrotor set to be the US Army's next premier air assault vehicle and replace the UH-60 Black Hawk
Bell's V-280 Valor rotorcraft, designated the MV-75, is designed to fly faster and longer than the UH-60 Black Hawk ...
Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport
The Army is telling The Associated Press that military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about ...
The Aviationist on MSN5d
A Look Back at the AGM-69A Short-Range Attack Missile
Originally designed by Boeing to neutralize SAM threats and improve the survivability of SAC’s manned bomber force, the ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Where Huey Pilots Trained and Heroes Were Made
While working as an ethnographer for the RAND Corporation, Hickey often rode in Army Huey helicopters, accompanying Green Berets on visits to remote villages. “I hated choppers,” Hickey ...