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The R-4 was the world's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first helicopter used by the United States Army Air Forces, [1] the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. In U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard service, the helicopter was known as the Sikorsky HNS-1.
Platt-LePage Aircraft Company: First helicopter tested by the USAAF. [1] 1941 Never 2 Sikorsky R-4: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation: World's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first helicopter used by the United States Army Air Forces. [2] 1942 Unknown 131 Sikorsky H-5: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 1943 1945 300 Sikorsky R-6
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has a long history of acquiring United States Air Force assets, including the Bell UH-1.On 29 March 1969 the PAF received the first UH-1 Hueys and a unit was reorganized into the 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing. The Huey platforms were brand-new equipped with the latest avionics and pilots were provided ballistics ...
The S-52 was the first US helicopter with all-metal rotor blades. Initially a two-seater, it was developed into the four-seat S-52-2 and S-52-3. It was designated HO5S-1 by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, HO5S-1G by the Coast Guard, and YH-18A by the U.S. Army , and was used extensively by civil operators after being retired by the military.
The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 [a] and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327 [1]) is a helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.. It was used by the United States Air Force, and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard (with the designations HO2S and HO3S).
The military helicopter that collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in a crash that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft, was a UH-60 Black Hawk ...
The United States Army first ordered Bell 47s in 1948 under the designation H-13. These would later receive the name Sioux. [3] Initially, the United States Navy procured several Bell 47s, designated HTL-1, between 1947 and 1958. The United States Coast Guard evaluated this model, and procured two HTL-1s for multi-mission support in the New ...
Ukraine’s military has released a video of the burning wreckage of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter on the war’s southern frontline, saying the aircraft was shot down by paratroopers. “The Russian ...