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The Boeing AH-6 is a series of light helicopter gunships based on the MH-6 Little Bird and MD 500 family. Developed by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems , these include the Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) demonstrator, the A/MH-6X Mission Enhanced Little Bird (MELB), and the proposed AH-6I and AH-6S .
AH-6 helicopters were also tasked with supporting the rescue mission of Private First Class Jessica Lynch in April 2003. [citation needed] MH-6 helicopters were part of TF-145, as well as the rescue of three Italian contractors and Polish businessman taken hostage by Iraqi insurgents in 2004. [citation needed]
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 ...
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
Data from MD500E Performance Specifications, The International Directory of Civil Aircraft General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 3 passengers Length: 32 ft 7 in (9.93 m) Height: 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) Empty weight: 1,591 lb (722 kg) Max takeoff weight: 3,550 lb (1,610 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Allison 250-C30 turboshaft engine, 650 shp (480 kW) Main rotor diameter: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) Main rotor ...
The helicopter was popular with customers like Kenya who could buy a capable anti-armor helicopter for less than half the cost of a gunship such as the AH-1 Cobra or the AH-64 Apache. Israel used the Defender extensively during the conflicts of the late 1970s and 1980s against Syrian armored forces.
A picture of a 6ABC helicopter is featured on U.S. Helicopters Inc.'s website, along with multiple photos of other news helicopters. “6ABC leases Chopper 6 from U.S. Helicopters Inc., in North ...
An AH-1Z at an air show displaying four-blade rotors and longer stub wings. The Bell AH-1Z Viper is an attack helicopter derived from the earlier Bell AH-1 SuperCobra. When contrasted against its predecessor, it incorporates various improvements and advances, including new rotor technology, upgraded military avionics, updated weapons systems ...