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Former USAF Avionics Technician explains why the Armed Drone caused the Cancellation of the RAH-66 Comanche program

Helicopters / Military Aviation

Former USAF Avionics Technician explains why the Armed Drone caused the Cancellation of the RAH-66 Comanche program

Dario Leone

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Australian Army to acquire 29 new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to replace its Tiger helicopters

Helicopters / Military Aviation

Australian Army to acquire 29 new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to replace its Tiger helicopters

Dario Leone

Sikorsky RAIDER X competitive prototype for US Army’s FARA is more than 85 percent complete

Helicopters / Military Aviation

Sikorsky RAIDER X competitive prototype for US Army’s FARA is more than 85 percent complete

Dario Leone

The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne was more advanced than today’s AH-64 Apache, but it never went in production. Here’s why.

Aviation History / Helicopters / Military Aviation

The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne was more advanced than today’s AH-64 Apache, but it never went in production. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

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Video shows SB>1 Defiant performing Slalom Manoeuvres, Carrying Sling Load and Landing with One Engine

Helicopters / Military Aviation

Video shows SB>1 Defiant performing Slalom Manoeuvres, Carrying Sling Load and Landing with One Engine

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Safe, Reliable, and Uninhabited: in a first-ever Flight Demonstration a Black Hawk Helicopter flies with No One Inside in a 30-minute Flight

Drones / Helicopters / Military Aviation

Safe, Reliable, and Uninhabited: in a first-ever Flight Demonstration a Black Hawk Helicopter flies with No One Inside in a 30-minute Flight

Dario Leone

Helicopters / Military Aviation

Defiant Executes US Army Air Assault Mission Profile, Demonstrates Unsurpassed Speed, Maneuverability and Agility in High-Speed, Low-Level Operations and Confined Area Landings

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Philippines has been cleared to buy AH-64E and AH-1Z but has no money to buy attack helicopters

Cold War Era / Helicopters / Military Aviation

Here’s why the USMC deems upgraded versions of the AH-1 Cobra more capable than the AH-64 Apache

Dario Leone

Delta Force Operator aboard the EC-130E hit by the RH-53 during Operation Eagle Claw remembers the disaster the plagued the ill-fated bid to end the Iran hostage crisis

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Delta Force Operator aboard the EC-130E hit by the RH-53 during Operation Eagle Claw remembers the disaster the plagued the ill-fated bid to end the Iran hostage crisis

Dario Leone

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Here’s why a terrain-masked attack helicopter is safe against missiles but not against tube artillery

Helicopters / Military Aviation

Here’s why a terrain-masked attack helicopter is safe against missiles but not against tube artillery

Dario Leone

SB>1 Defiant Flexes Its Muscles by lifting a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System training load

Helicopters / Military Aviation

SB>1 Defiant Flexes Its Muscles by lifting a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System training load

Dario Leone

Former US Army CH-47 flight engineer explains how his Chinook got stuck in the mud. Twice.

Helicopters / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Former US Army CH-47 flight engineer explains how his Chinook got stuck in the mud. Twice.

Dario Leone

Skunk Works Integrates F-35 with U-2 Spy Plane to Provide Early Warning for Ballistic Missile Intercept Test

Military Aviation / Weapons

F-35 used as elevated sensor to enable live fire of PAC-3 Patriot for cruise missile kill in US Army Flight Test

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US Army Black Hawk helicopter makes emergency landing in downtown Bucharest, Romania’s capital

Helicopters / Losses and Aviation Safety

US Army Black Hawk helicopter makes emergency landing in downtown Bucharest, Romania’s capital

Dario Leone

Military Aviation

Why the OV-10 (or a Bronco look-alike aircraft) could be the only suitable platform to replace the iconic A-10 Warthog

Dario Leone

Did you know the average life expectancy of a US Army Huey pilot in combat in Vietnam was only 19 minutes? Some interesting facts about UH-1 aircrew training during the Vietnam War.

Cold War Era / Helicopters / Military Aviation

Did you know the average life expectancy of a US Army Huey pilot in combat in Vietnam was only 19 minutes? Some interesting facts about UH-1 aircrew training during the Vietnam War.

Dario Leone

Royal Netherlands Air Force aviators achieve a combined 9,000 flight hours on the CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the same flight

Helicopters / Military Aviation

Royal Netherlands Air Force aviators achieve a combined 9,000 flight hours on the CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the same flight

Dario Leone

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