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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 ...
US Army Rangers on exercise using an MH-6. The OH-6 was started in 1960, when the US Army issued Technical Specification 153 for a Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) that could perform personnel transport, escort and attack missions, casualty evacuation, and observation.
Hughes had allegedly succeeded in the LOH contest with its OH-6 helicopter by submitting a very low and aggressive price per airframe (without an engine), to the point where the company allegedly lost money . [8] [9] Due to price escalations for both the OH-6 and spare components, the U.S. Army opted to reopen bids for the programme in 1967. [10]
The original OH-6 Cayuse helicopter proved its worth during the Vietnam War in the light helicopter role. The designers at Hughes realized there was a market for a light multi-mission helicopter with an improved equipment fit than the OH-6 and Model 500M.
Experimental heavy-lift helicopter Hughes 269: 1956 2,800 [a] Light utility helicopter Hughes OH-6 Cayuse: 1963 1,420 [b] Light observation helicopter Hughes 500: 1963 4,700 [b] Civilian version of Hughes OH-6 Hughes XV-9: 1964 1 Experimental high speed helicopter Hughes AH-64 Apache: 1975 2,400 [c] Attack helicopter Hughes 500 Defender: 1976 ...
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse: Light Observation Helicopter / Utility Hughes Helicopters: Won a prototype run off between Bell, Hiller and Hughes. The Bell prototype went on to become the OH-58. The OH-6 itself is the parent of the MD 500 and MH-6 variants. 1963 1966 1420 MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird: Light Observation Helicopter MD Helicopters
It’s traditional for television news stations to use helicopters for their coverage. Chopper 6 was a 2013 American Eurocopter AS-350-A-STAR, 6ABC says.
[6] The AH-6i is the export version of the AH-6S. The AH-6i first flew on September 16, 2009. [11] Jordan has expressed interest in ordering the AH-6i in May 2010. [12] In October 2010 Saudi Arabia requested 36 AH-6i aircraft with related equipment and weapons from the United States through a Foreign Military Sale.