Helicopter

A sailor fires a .50-caliber machine gun from a helicopter during a live-fire exercise above the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 24, 2020.

A U.S. Apache helicopter, assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, fires rockets during the Wojtek Fire live-fire exercise.

The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces.

“Winchester” is the indicator used between aircraft that one’s gunship is out of useable ammunition. A fuel shortage is communicated by the word “Bingo” whereby an aircraft much break station and return to base or Forward Arming and Refuelling Point (FARP) for more fuel. While a Bingo gunship must leave the action, a Winchester gunship […]

Last December, footage emerged of an AH-64 Apache helicopter being engaged by surface to air missiles over Yemen, breaking apart and falling to the ground. Reportedly both pilots were killed. Regional news outlets have been calling the Apache a Saudi aircraft; but it is just as feasible that it could have belonged to the United […]

Two U.S. service members were reportedly killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday. The U.S. military has not provided any further details into the incident, but the Taliban have claimed responsibility through a spokesman that offered the Taliban’s version of events to reporters. The Pentagon refuted the Taliban’s claims however, saying that […]

America’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) is world renowned for its ability to get special operators into and out of the fight with stealth and precision. The pilots that earn a place in the 160th, or Nightstalkers as they’re commonly called, operate some of the most capabile military aircraft on the planet under only […]

Some sharp eyes over at The Drive recently spotted a modification to the MH-6 Little Bird helicopter in a USASOC-released video. The footage shows the Little Bird configured with external pods designed for ferrying special operations soldiers to their targets, but underneath one can see a rectangular attachment that appears to be an additional fuel […]

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and the Air Force Rescue Squadrons (RQs) will soon receive their new search and rescue (SAR) workhorse, the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter. The HH-60W recently completed its maiden flight and will soon replace the aging HH-60G Pave Hawk. According to Lockheed Martin, the parent company of Sikorsky, […]

Two Marine aviators were killed on Saturday when their AH-1Z Viper went down over Yuma, Arizona. They’re now identified as Maj. Matthew M. Wiegand and Capt. Travis W. Brannon. The two Marine pilots we lost this weekend in an AH-1Z Viper accident have been identified as Maj. Matthew M. Wiegand, 34, of Ambler, Pennsylvania and […]

Two Marine aviators were killed on Saturday when their AH-1Z Viper went down over Yuma, Arizona. They have now been identified as Maj. Matthew M. Wiegand, 34, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, and Capt. Travis W. Brannon, 30, of Nashville, Tennessee. The two Marine pilots we lost this weekend in an AH-1Z Viper accident have been identified […]

The Sikorsky-Boeing joint helicopter initiative known as the SB-1 Defiant made its first flight last week, gingerly leaving the ground and hovering around the airfield at a Sikorsky facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. This test comes more than 15 months after the helicopter’s competition for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract, the […]