But to the crews waiting to board one CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a UH-60 Black Hawk, there was no decision at all. They flew straight into the suffocating smoke of the Creek Fire. “We were ...

That places it ahead of other notable American helicopters like the UH-60 Black Hawk and the formidable AH-64 Apache. With a load of 44 seated troops, the Chinook can fly at speeds of up to 150 ...

The six helicopters in the Army inventory are the UH-60 Blackhawk, CH-47D Chinook, MH-6 Little Bird, AH-64 Apache, OH-58D Kiowa, and the UH-72 Lakota. The other branches also have helicopters and ...

March 5,2008: For the last two decades, the U.S. Army used the its UH-60 "Blackhawk" helicopter for combat assault missions, while the larger CH-47 "Chinook" was used just for moving cargo. But the ...

March 5,2008: For the last two decades, the U.S. Army used the its UH-60 "Blackhawk" helicopter for combat assault missions, while the larger CH-47 "Chinook" was used just for moving cargo. But the ...

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was thrust to the ... 20,000 foot service ceilings of the AH-64 Apache and the CH-47 Chinook, but fairly consistent with U.S. military helicopters.

The V-280 Valor was part of the Pentagon’s Future Vertical Lift project to prototype five airframes to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47 Chinook, AH-64 Apache, and OH-58 Kiowa helicopters.

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk and Chinook helicopter pilots assigned to Task Force Flying Dragons, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division prepare for and ...

After the Ukrainian Directorate of Intelligence unveiled a US-made UH-60 Black Hawk in Ukrainian ... about 50 Apache attack helicopters and about 40-60 Chinook cargo helicopters”, said the ...

Meggitt has received a $21 million contract from the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to supply fuel cell equipment for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter until 2022 ... Boeing secures $271 million to ...

All of the American Army helicopters are named after either Indian Tribe names, or Indian Tribe Chiefs’ names (Apache, Comanche, Chinook etc ... for naming the UH-60 Helicopter known today ...