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The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter.It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helicopter in service with the United States military.
Military utility helicopter Bell Aircraft: Company Model 48: 1946 Never 13 [3] Kellett XR-10: Military transport helicopter Kellett Autogiro Corporation Prototype. Program canceled 1949. 1947 Never 2 Sikorsky S-52: Utility helicopter Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 1947 1951 93 Kaman HH-43 Huskie: Firefighting/rescue Kaman Aircraft: 1953 1958 [4 ...
The OH-6A helicopters used for transporting personnel became the MH-6 aircraft of the Light Assault Company and the armed OH-6As became the AH-6 aircraft of the Light Attack Company. On 1 October 1986, to help meet the increasing demands for support, the 1-245th Aviation Battalion from the Oklahoma National Guard, which had 25 AH-6 and 23 UH-1 ...
A military helicopter is a helicopter that is either specifically designed for or converted for usage by a military. A military helicopter's mission is a function of ...
K-1200 operated by Timberline Helicopters. In 1947, the German aeronautical engineer Anton Flettner was brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. [2] He was the developer of the two earlier synchropter designs from Germany during the Second World War: the Flettner Fl 265 which pioneered the synchropter layout, and the slightly later Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri ("Hummingbird ...
Officials have released new information regarding the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines flight 5342 on Wednesday, Jan. 29, which resulted in the death of 67 ...
Trump said the National Transportation Safety Board and military investigators would determine the precise causes of the crash that killed 67 people − 64 on the plane and three in the helicopter.
The pilots of the U.S. Air Force F-15s misidentified the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters as enemy Mil Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters. [ 244 ] On 12 June 1996, two Australian Army Black Hawks collided during an Army nighttime special forces counter-terrorism exercise resulting in the death of eighteen soldiers - fifteen members of the SASR and three ...