Helicopters

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Boeing secures $1.9 billion order to produce 184 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for US Army, International Customers

Boeing secures $1.9 billion order to produce 184 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for US Army, International Customers

Boeing will build 184 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the US Army and international customers, including the first Apaches for… Read More

1 week ago

Boeing, US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters Achieve 5 Million Flight Hours, Equivalent to Flying nonstop for more than 208,333 Days or 570 Years and Nine Months

Additionally, 1.3 million of those five million flight hours were accomplished during combat. Boeing and the AH-64 team are observing… Read More

4 weeks ago

The story of the F-15E Strike Eagle that shot down an Iraqi Mi-24 with a 2000lb laser-guided bomb during Operation Desert Storm

During Operation Desert Storm F-15E Strike Eagle #89-0487, or “487” for short, from 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS, today 335th… Read More

1 month ago

Phrog in Europe! Heliswiss is the European launch customer for Vertol 107, the commercial model of the military variant, CH-46 Sea Knight

The Columbia Model 107-II Vertol helicopter is the commercial model of the military variant, CH-46 Sea Knight. Columbia Helicopters, the… Read More

2 months ago

CH-53K King Stallion lifts F-35C Lightning II in external load test

The F-35C and rigging weighed about 22,000 pounds. The CH-53K is currently cleared to conduct a 27,000-pound external lift and… Read More

2 months ago

Sikorsky marks the delivery of the 5,000th Black Hawk, Highlights Versatility And Future Of Iconic Helicopter

This US Army UH-60M is the 5,000th Black Hawk delivered by Sikorsky. The iconic aircraft will continue to support medium-lift… Read More

2 months ago

HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopter Makes First Combat Saves

HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopters were involved in their first real-world casualty evacuation operation in the African area… Read More

2 months ago

Did you know that Soviet helicopter crews’ survival kit during invasion of Afghanistan featured an almost medieval kit with a steel breastplate, greaves for the legs and vambraces on the arms?

Unsurprisingly, this almost medieval kit was immediately rejected as too hot, heavy and cumbersome. Advertise The Soviet Union's invasion of… Read More

3 months ago

CH-53K King Stallion approved for Full Rate Production and deployment

The CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter has entered Full Rate Production and its deployment phase. The CH-53K King Stallion… Read More

3 months ago

That time an Air America UH-1D Huey shot down a North Vietnamese An-2 Colt Biplane

This engagement marked the first CIA air-to-air victory and the only kill achieved by a helicopter against a biplane. The… Read More

3 months ago

Lockheed Martin Sikorsky and Boeing filed the protest with GAO concerning the award of FLRAA contract to Bell V-280 Valor

The Bell V-280 has beaten the Sikorsky Defiant X to the US Army’s FLRAA program. Lockheed Martin Sikorsky and Boeing… Read More

3 months ago

USAF devises new concept to mount four additional M240 machine guns onto HH-60G / HH-60W (the current weapon configuration is of two guns)

The innovative way to bring more firepower to the fight with the HH-60G scheduled to be retired, it has to… Read More

4 months ago

Bell V-280 has beaten Sikorsky Defiant X to the US Army FLRAA program

The Bell V-280 has beaten the Sikorsky Defiant X to the US Army FLRAA program. The Bell V-280 has beaten… Read More

4 months ago

Bell delivers final USMC AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. The H-1 production line is still active in support of foreign military sales to US allies.

Completing the AH-1Z and UH-1Y deliveries to the US Marine Corps adds one more chapter to the legacy of the… Read More

4 months ago

Once a Russian Mil Mi-24 Hind Attack helicopter was painted in US Coast Guard colors. Here’s why.

The Hind has been sold to 40 countries and, no it’s not a joke, the photos in this post feature… Read More

4 months ago

Black Hawk Helicopter Flies Logistics And Rescue Missions Without Pilots On Board for the first time

These Black Hawk flights show how existing and future piloted utility helicopters could one day fly complex missions in reduced… Read More

5 months ago