Helicopter

The U.S. Army’s AH-64 Apache helicopter is the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopter.

(Featured photo courtesy of Cpl. Michael Petersheim, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit) “Due to the fact this aircraft cannot do what it is designed to do (insert troops in forward operating [landing zones] without concrete tarmacs or runways without great risk) our suggestion is to re-purpose this aircraft if they absolutely have to use it or […]

Here is an inside look into Marine One, the president’s helicopter (one of many, accompanied by a small fleet of decoys).

Watch Force Recon Marines conduct wet special patrol insertion and extraction (SPIE) training.

The new CH-53K King Stallion helicopter will be replacing the CH-53E Super Stallion, which has been used by the U.S. military since 1980.

Efforts to locate the 12 Marine crewmembers of two CH-53E Super Stallions believed to have collided during routine night training have been continuing for more than 12 hours in the area, where it’s nearly 1p.m. local time. Capt. Timothy Irish, a spokesman for III Marine Expeditionary Force said the Marines were alerted to a possible incident at 11:38p.m. last […]

Under NVGs, the two parallel trails of gunfire went well above the opening that we could see out of, and for those of us lucky enough to see the fireworks, we immediately knew that it was an anti-aircraft weapon.