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Experimental helicopter Platt-LePage Aircraft Company: First helicopter tested by the USAAF. [1] 1941 Never 2 Sikorsky R-4: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation: World's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first helicopter used by the United States Army Air Forces. [2] 1942 Unknown 131 Sikorsky H-5: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 1943 ...
A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.
B. Bell 201; Bell 207 Sioux Scout; Bell 309 KingCobra; Bell 360 Invictus; Bell 533; Bell AH-1 Cobra; Bell AH-1 SuperCobra; Bell AH-1Z Viper; Bell ARH-70 Arapaho
The helicopter battalions are often grouped into aviation brigades. There are also a few fixed-wing aircraft battalions, consisting of training aircraft, Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail operational aircraft, and Beechcraft C-12 Huron / Cessna UC-35 transports for VIP personnel.
MD Helicopter USA Helicopter Attack: Manned 1980 [citation needed] 47 [25] AH-64D/E Apache Longbow, Guardian: Boeing USA Helicopter Attack: Manned 1986 [citation needed] 824 [25] 15 on order. [25] CH-47D/F Chinook: Boeing USA Helicopter Transport: Manned 1962 [citation needed] 510 (figure includes MH-47G) [25] 30 on order (figure includes MH47G ...
The helicopter was designated "CH-53A Sea Stallion" and delivery of production helicopters began in 1966. [5] The first CH-53As were powered by two General Electric T64-GE-6 turboshaft engines with 2,850 shp (2,125 kW) and had a maximum gross weight of 46,000 lb (20,865 kg), including 20,000 lb (9,072 kg) in the payload.
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The Sikorsky S-70 is an American medium transport/utility helicopter family manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.It was developed for the United States Army in the 1970s, winning a competition to be designated the UH-60 Black Hawk and spawning a large family in U.S. military service.