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Lockheed Martin’s has released a new video of the Sikorsky S-97 Raider Prototype Helicopter in flight. 220 knots! Nice! Enjoy the video! Watch the S-97 Helicopter in Action! The company has hopes of selling the S-97 to the US Army, special operations commands, the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps for a variety of missions. RAIDER […]
A US Army Blackhawk Helicopter Crashed Monday afternoon on a Maryland Golf Course with three crew members on board. The UH-60 was from Ft. Belvoir, Virgina and crashed near Leonardtown, Maryland. One of the crew members was taken by helicopter to a local hospital, but Cummings wouldn’t describe his injuries. The other two members of the […]
This footage has been around for a while but it is worth another view! Great skills on display by this pilot! So who can tell us what military and unit this is? Featured image by Youtube video screen capture This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep.
Boeing announced Thursday that they intend to enter the competition to replace the Air Force’s venerable Huey helicopter with a MH-139 variant of the Leonardo AW139. Leonardo, an Italian aerospace company says there are about 900 AW139s in service around the world in many countries including Ireland, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Thailand […]
On this day in 1974, Army Private Robert K. Preston stole a US Army Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter and landed it on the White House lawn twice! Preston took the Huey from Fort Meade, Maryland, which is less than 30 miles from Washington, DC. The event ended at approximately 2am local time. Preston landed on the White […]
Aviation is full of adventure, excitement and wonder. Aviation enthusiasts have a way of expressing those emotions and feelings in some remarkable sayings. Some aviation sayings are safety related, some are procedural and some are just plain fun! Below are some of the best! Please add to the list and share your favorite aviation sayings. […]
The United States will send extra military aircraft to Australia’s tropical north this year, a U.S. Marine Corps spokesman said on Wednesday, bolstering its military presence close to the disputed South China Sea. The Marines’ deployment in the strategic city of Darwin, agreed in 2011, was a critical part of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s […]
The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability.
“Roger that’s f**king cool.” AH-6 Littlebird and DAP MH-60 helicopters pound enemy position in Iraq.
Amidst the chaos of the Syrian Civil War, elements affiliated with the Free Syrian Army strike a Russian Gazelle helicopter with a TOW missile in Hama, Syria.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed the helicopter was shot down with a US anti-tank guided missile TOW. However, during the Russian campaign in Syria, there have been no reports of Daesh capturing TOWs or their appearance in their possession.
Who needs to land – when you can hover.
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