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Experimental helicopter 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 ...
The Take Me Home Huey helicopter in front of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The Take Me Home Huey art sculpture on exhibit in Palm Desert. Steve Maloney partnered with Light Horse Legacy, [3] a 501(c) non-profit organization that restores old military helicopters and is an official partner of the U.S. Vietnam War Commemoration.
OH-58 Kiowa. In the 1970s, the U.S. Army began evaluating the need to improve the capabilities of their scout aircraft. Anticipating the AH-64A's replacement of the venerable AH-1, the Army began shopping the idea of an Aerial Scout Program to stimulate the development of advanced technological capabilities for night vision and precision navigation equipment.
The U.S. Army's LHX program began in the early 1980s, proposing two helicopter designs with a high percentage of commonality of dynamic components. One was a light utility version ("LHX-U") for assault and tactical movement of troops and supplies, the other was a light scout/attack version ("LHX-SCAT") to complement the growing development of the AH-64 Apache.
The Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche is an American stealth armed reconnaissance and attack helicopter designed for the United States Army.Following decades of study and development, the RAH-66 program was cancelled in 2004 before mass production began, by which point nearly US$7 billion had been spent on the program.
The CH-47 U.S. Army Chinook with Richie’s face painted on its tail is now flying through Western North Carolina to deliver food and water. Lionel Richie’s image on a Chinook is a sign of hope ...
The linchpin of US Army tactics was the helicopters, and the protection of those helicopters became a vital role. [2] It became clear that unarmed troop helicopters were vulnerable against ground fire from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops, particularly as they approached landing zones to disembark or embark troops. Without friendly support ...
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.