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  2. List of United States military helicopters - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Military helicopter - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of United States Air Force helicopter squadrons - Wikipedia

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    37th Helicopter Squadron: F.E. Warren AFB: 40th Helicopter Squadron: Malmstrom AFB: 54th Helicopter Squadron: Minot AFB "Nomads of the North" 72nd Helicopter Squadron: Langley AFB "Eager Beavers" / "Eight Balls" 76th Helicopter Squadron: Vandenberg AFB: Inactivated 1001st Helicopter Squadron: several: History bestowed on 1st Helicopter Squadron ...

  5. Piasecki H-21 - Wikipedia

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    Piasecki H-21 cockpit. Piasecki Helicopter designed and successfully sold to the United States Navy a series of tandem rotor helicopters, starting with the HRP-1 of 1944. The HRP-1 was nicknamed the "flying banana" because of the upward angle of the aft fuselage, which ensured that the large rotors could not strike the fuselage in any flight attitude.

  6. Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe - Wikipedia

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    The Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army.It is named after Tarhe, an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe whose nickname was "The Crane". [2]

  7. List of military figures by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "Yue Wangye 岳王爷" (Chinese, roughly "Royal Highness Yue") – Yue Fei, military general who served the Southern Song dynasty, for his posthumous rank which became a household nickname " Yurufun " (Japanese, meaning roughly "droopy drawers") – Shimada Shigetaro , Japanese admiral in World War II [ 104 ]

  8. Kawasaki OH-1 - Wikipedia

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    The Kawasaki OH-1 (nickname: "Ninja") is a military scout/observation helicopter developed and manufactured by the Kawasaki Aerospace Company. The primary operator is the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), who originally procured the OH-1 as a domestically produced successor to their existing OH-6D Loach fleet. The OH-1 has the ...

  9. Sikorsky H-34 - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. Coast Guard HUS-1G in 1960. Row of Westland Wessex HU.5, 1978. The Sikorsky H-34 (company designation S-58) is an American piston-engined military utility helicopter originally designed by Sikorsky as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the United States Navy.