The AH-64 Apache has been the U.S. Army’s go-to attack helicopter since entering service in 1986 (first flight in 1975). Across its A/D/E variants, the Apache has earned a stellar reputation and long ...

Like the Mi-24 Hind before it, albeit to a far more austere degree, the Mi-28’s fuselage compartment can be used in a pinch for rescues.

Attack helicopters are often found in the ugliest situations on Earth, and angular and bristling with weapons and sensors, the helicopters themselves are appropriately ugly. Combining armour, an ...

Attack and transport helicopters would play an important role in a NATO conflict with Russia. Up to 50 attack and transport helicopters from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States are ...

“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself. Army aviators face an existential crisis.

In 2013, BHELA I began receiving the EC-665 Tiger HAD-E (Attack and Destruction Helicopter), a version with more powerful engines, more armor, Spike ER air-to-surface missile launchers, and 70mm ...

Helicopter pilots face a wide range of dangers that regular pilots do not—from hostile ground forces, environmental hazards, and the general dangers that come with an inherently un-airworthy platform.

Australian media has reported on the possible transfer of Tiger attack helicopters to Ukraine as the Australian Army withdraws the type in favor of the AH-64E Apache Guardian. Ukraine first publicly ...

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