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CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can’t Visit
Mi8/Mi-17

CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can’t Visit

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 5, 2018

Dark Horse Contender Boeing Snags Air Force Deal To Replace Aging UH-1N Hueys With MH-139
UH-1

Dark Horse Contender Boeing Snags Air Force Deal To Replace Aging UH-1N Hueys With MH-139

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 25, 2018

Here’s The Army’s Plan For Making Its Apaches More Capable At Sea And Deadlier Overall
U.S. Army

Here’s The Army’s Plan For Making Its Apaches More Capable At Sea And Deadlier Overall

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 23, 2018

U.S. Helicopter Crash Kills One In Iraq After Reported Special Operations Raid
Iraq

U.S. Helicopter Crash Kills One In Iraq After Reported Special Operations Raid

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 21, 2018

Unique Horse-Mounted USAF Unit Went Hunting For That RQ-4 Drone That Crashed On Mt. Whitney
U.S. Homeland

Unique Horse-Mounted USAF Unit Went Hunting For That RQ-4 Drone That Crashed On Mt. Whitney

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 26, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Rides in Gun-Toting “Embassy Air” Helicopter In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Rides in Gun-Toting “Embassy Air” Helicopter In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 9, 2018

Israel Posts Pic Of CH-53 Yasur Helicopter With Unknown Roll-On Electronic Warfare Suite
Israel

Israel Posts Pic Of CH-53 Yasur Helicopter With Unknown Roll-On Electronic Warfare Suite

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 7, 2018

Army Lays Out Plans For Pilot-Optional ‘Knife Fighter’ Attack Reconnaissance Rotorcraft
U.S. Army

Army Lays Out Plans For Pilot-Optional ‘Knife Fighter’ Attack Reconnaissance Rotorcraft

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 26, 2018

Pentagon Admits Afghanistan’s New Black Hawks Can’t Match Its Older Russian Choppers
Afghanistan

Pentagon Admits Afghanistan’s New Black Hawks Can’t Match Its Older Russian Choppers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 15, 2018

Upgraded Old Cobra Gunships Offer Big Capabilities Without The Price Tag
Middle East

Upgraded Old Cobra Gunships Offer Big Capabilities Without The Price Tag

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 5, 2018

The Marines Have Finally Received Their First Monster CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter
U.S. Marine Corps

The Marines Have Finally Received Their First Monster CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 16, 2018

US Special Operators Scattered Across Yemen Might Soon Rely On Contractors To Rescue Them
Yemen

US Special Operators Scattered Across Yemen Might Soon Rely On Contractors To Rescue Them

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 3, 2018

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises
U.S. Marine Corps

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 1, 2018

Night Stalker Choppers Freak Out Manhattan With Nighttime Low-Level Training Exercise
U.S. Homeland

Night Stalker Choppers Freak Out Manhattan With Nighttime Low-Level Training Exercise

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 20, 2018

U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter Crashes in Iraq Near the Syrian Border (Updated)
HH-60

U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter Crashes in Iraq Near the Syrian Border (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

US Uses a Private Helicopter Force to Get Around Kabul And Intel Woes Might Put It At Risk
CH-47

US Uses a Private Helicopter Force to Get Around Kabul And Intel Woes Might Put It At Risk

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

US Army Hits Setbacks Trying to Add New Infrared Countermeasures to Its Helicopters
U.S. Army

US Army Hits Setbacks Trying to Add New Infrared Countermeasures to Its Helicopters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 25, 2018

The French Navy Is Finally Retiring These Antique Helicopters After 55 Years of Service
French Navy

The French Navy Is Finally Retiring These Antique Helicopters After 55 Years of Service

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The US Army Wants to Buy 150 Helicopters for Allies and “Other Government Agencies”
U.S. Homeland

The US Army Wants to Buy 150 Helicopters for Allies and “Other Government Agencies”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras
Afghanistan

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Jaded Thunder Exercise Trains Elite Troops to Call in Almost Any Sort of Fire Support
U.S. Marine Corps

Jaded Thunder Exercise Trains Elite Troops to Call in Almost Any Sort of Fire Support

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Armed UN Little Bird Helicopters Are a Big Deal for Peacekeepers in Mali
Africa

Armed UN Little Bird Helicopters Are a Big Deal for Peacekeepers in Mali

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Highlights From the Showroom Floor at the Army’s Biggest Arms Expo and Conference
U.S. Army

Highlights From the Showroom Floor at the Army’s Biggest Arms Expo and Conference

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Afghanistan Is Getting More Ill-Suited Attack Choppers it May Not Even Be Able to Fly
Afghanistan

Afghanistan Is Getting More Ill-Suited Attack Choppers it May Not Even Be Able to Fly

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

No Military Units Have Free Time to Grab that Downed Global Hawk Off Mt. Whitney
U.S. Homeland

No Military Units Have Free Time to Grab that Downed Global Hawk Off Mt. Whitney

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed
Afghanistan

The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The U.S. Army’s UH-60V Brings Older Black Hawks Into the Digital Age
U.S. Army

The U.S. Army’s UH-60V Brings Older Black Hawks Into the Digital Age

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

This Crazy Tandem Rotor Drone May One Day Rescue U.S. Army Casualties
U.S. Army

This Crazy Tandem Rotor Drone May One Day Rescue U.S. Army Casualties

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Shadowy Unmarked S-92 Superhawk Reemerges in Middle East Hotspot
Syria

Shadowy Unmarked S-92 Superhawk Reemerges in Middle East Hotspot

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 20, 2017

The USMC’s New CH-53K King Stallion Is One Royally Expensive Helicopter
U.S. Marine Corps

The USMC’s New CH-53K King Stallion Is One Royally Expensive Helicopter

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 15, 2017

In Kazakhstan, Helicopter Gunship Pilots Ask Truckers For Directions
Mi8/Mi-17

In Kazakhstan, Helicopter Gunship Pilots Ask Truckers For Directions

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 15, 2017