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A British AgustaWestland Apache helicopter fires rockets at enemy insurgents in Afghanistan, June 2008.. An attack helicopter is an armed helicopter with the primary role of an attack aircraft, with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles and fortifications.
Analysis of the three helicopters determined that the Bell and Sikorsky helicopters could not fulfill the Army's requirements. [4] [8] [40] The Army also conducted a weapons demonstration for the Senate Armed Services Committee in early 1972, to show off the Cheyenne's firepower and garner support for attack helicopter development.
Bell Helicopter 1969 1971 1,271+ Bell 309 KingCobra: Attack helicopter prototype Bell Helicopter 1971 (twin-engined)/1972 (single-engined) [17] N/A 2 [17] Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker: Armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport Fairchild Aircraft Used in the Vietnam War by the USAF and RVNAF. [18] 1971 Unknown Unknown Northrop YA-9 ...
Attack helicopter: Bell: 2000 2010 229 Bell UH-1Y Venom: Utility helicopter Bell Aircraft Corporation: The UH-1Y Venom is currently in full-rate production to replace the UH-1N Twin Huey: 2001 2008 92 Boeing AH-6: Light attack/reconnaissance helicopter Boeing Rotorcraft Systems: ULB: September 8, 2004 MELB: September 20, 2006 In development Unknown
The Apache began as the Model 77 developed by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. The prototype YAH-64 first flew on 30 September 1975. The U.S. Army selected the YAH-64 over the Bell YAH-63 in 1976, and later approved full
On 1 September 1971, Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMA-773) was reactivated at Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana. [3] The squadron was assigned AH-1G Cobras, many of which had seen action with Marine squadrons in Vietnam. HMA-773 relocated to NAS Atlanta, Georgia during June 1976, absorbing the personnel of HML-765 which had just ...
An AH/MH-6M MELB helicopter modified for use as a UAV. It builds upon experience gained through development of the Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) Demonstrator, which is a civil MD 530F modified for autonomous UAV flight. Boeing has announced that this version is marketed solely to other nations, not the U.S., for use as a low-cost attack helicopter ...
The government was keen to procure a capable attack helicopter as recent combat in the Yom-Kippur War had shown a need for a capable platform for countering enemy armour. The type was operated by the Israeli Air Force (IAF), with the First Attack Helicopter Squadron formally commencing on 1 December 1977. [41]