MH-60S Knighthawk US Navy Helicopter

The Sikorsky MH-60S multimission helicopter Knighthawk entered service in February 2002. U.S. Navy expected to acquire a total of 237 of the MH-60S helicopters to conduct vertical replenishment missions as search and rescue combat support of the war and special measures in the mine air.

The helicopter was originally designated CH-60S, replacing Boeing U.S. Navy CH-46D Sea Knight helicopters heavy load on the vertical replenishment role. The helicopter was re-designated MH-60S, as a result of expansion in the mission requirements to include a wide range of additional capabilities of combat support. Withdrawal of the U.S. Navy Knights concluded the Sea in September 2004.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne Attack Helicopter

The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne attack helicopter was developed in response to the U.S. Army's need fast for a helicopter, armored and armed to the teeth to complement the role of escort / attack.

The Cheyenne made a configuration revolutionary helicopter and propeller thrust controlled rotation rigid tail rotor blades and three and a four-bladed rotor anti-torque. It had small wings attached to the side of the fuselage that could not load the rotor during high speed flight. The helicopter was powered by a General Electric T64-GE 4350shp-16 for gas turbine engine 3925shp reduced power.

The Cheyenne could accommodate a crew of two seated in tandem in a closed cabin with passenger gunner in front of the pilot in a weapons platform that could rotate 360 ​​°. A second weapon system was housed in a nose turret. Six under the wing attachment points used for missiles or rocket pods. The sophisticated weapons sighting system includes night vision equipment and a view of the helmet-gun.

CH-53 Super Stallion Heavy-Lift Helicopter

The Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion heavy lift helicopter first flew in 1974 and entered service with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) in 1981. A total of 172 Super Stallions have been delivered and 165 are in service with the armies of the Marine Corps Pacific Fleet and Atlantic Fleet. The helicopter is in service with the reservation of the Marine Corps, training and experimental squadrons. The Final Super Stallion Marine was delivered in November 2003.

The Marine Corps Super Stallion used in the role of amphibious assault and transport of heavy equipment. The U.S. Navy also use the Super Stallion vertical delivery and recovery of damaged aircraft on aircraft carriers.

ARH-70 ARAPAHO Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter

U.S. Army put a Bell helicopter contract for the next generation armed reconnaissance helicopter, ARH. ARH designed the Arapaho-70, was to replace the current Army Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, which have been in operation since mid 1980 and is nearing the end of its useful life.

The $ 2.2 billion was for the purchase of 368 helicopters with deliveries from 2009 to 2013. The initial contract of $ 210 million, issued July 29, 2005, Bell Helicopters, cover system design and development phase until 2007.

CH-47 Chinook Medium-Lift Helicopter

The CH-47 Chinook Medium-Lift Helicopter of U.S. Boeing is very easy to identify. In other words, it seems rather strange. That's all for the 'tandem-rotor design is somewhat different from other helicopters. Development of the elevation models of Boeing 114 and 414, CH-47 Chinook series began in 1956. Since then, successive product improvements carried out, the main variations include CH-47A, 47B-CH, CH-47C and CH-47D.

Tandem rotors are both well above the fuselage. And the two outer engines are out of the rear fuselage, the rotor head is driven by the rotor with a shaft at the top of the cab. This design means that the plane had a cabin 50 feet long can carry up to 45 fully equipped troops or 10 tons of cargo or 155 mm howitzer, or small vehicles internally or externally on a three point mopunting no limit structure. That `s why the tandem rotors is chosen. At the end of the cockpit, the tail of the CH-47, there is a tailgate ramp, with easy loading or unloading goods. The small vechiles may be removed from the cabin by themselves through this door. Two large side doors are sized on the plane, too. The capacity of large CH-47 makes an ideal aircraft battlefield support.

AH-6 Little Bird Light Attack Helicopter

Flown by the operators from the SOAR 'Nightstalkers', the US Army's Special Operations helicopter unit, the AH-6 'Little Bird' attack helicopter designed to support Special Operations.

Based around MD-500 / MD-530F helicopters, the AH-6J is fitted with GPS/inertial navigation systems and a FLIR (Forward Infrared) camera.

A range of weapons systems to Bird's hardpoints, gatling guns, FFAR rocket pods, grenade launchers and anti-tank missiles. common loadout is 2x gun pods (.50 cal or .62mm gatlings) x FFAR rocket pods.

AH-1Z Viper Twin-Engine Attack Helicopter

The AH-1Z Viper is a Twin-Engine attack helicopter designed the AH-1W Super Cobras Marine Corps (USMC)'s inventory. With a 4-blade rotor system (main and tail), powerful engines avionics, the AH-1Z Viper upgrade over the AH-1W 'Whiskey Cobra' replace.

AH-1Z pilots and co-pilot/gunners wear a Top Owl Helmet Mounted Sight and (HMD) that vision system project from the helicopter's FLIR and video sensors that are mounted chin into the helmet's visor. The AH-1Z a digital glass cockpit with 8x6 LCD multi-function displays (MFDs) and .2x4.2 LCD MFDs at crew station. These displays interface with the helicopter's sensors, aircraft management ssystems, navigation systems and mission management systems.



The Viper carries of weapons AH-1W in larger quantities. The helicopter carries a A/A49E-7 turret beneath its chin that holds the M197 3-barreled 20mm gatling gun. The AH-1Z shares of its core with another USMC helicopter, the UH-1Y venom. the AH-1Z and UH-1Y are enter active service in 2011.