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  • UH-1 Iroquois/Definition
    ...t [[helicopter]] and [[armed helicopter]], with an [[AH-1 Cobra]] [[attack helicopter]] derivative
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  • Gazelle helicopter/Definition
    ...medium [[helicopter]], used in civilian, military transport, and [[attack helicopter]] configurations
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  • Landing Platform Helicopter/Definition
    ...er]]s to land troops; it does not have the well deck of a larger [[Landing Helicopter Dock]]
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  • USS Reuben James (FFG-57)/Definition
    ...t III or "long hull" version carrying larger [[H-60 helicopter|H-60 series helicopter]]s
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  • V-22 Osprey/Definition
    ...opter, but faster horizontal flight using after converting its rotary-wing helicopter blades to propeller blades on a [[fixed-wing]].
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  • Mast-mounted sensor/Definition
    ..., placing the sensors above the rotor so only they need to be exposed by a helicopter hiding in ground terrain
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  • Mast-mounted sensor
    ...y [[helicopter]]. Much like a submarine that only reveals its periscope, a helicopter can hover behind a concealing obstruction, and only allow the mast-mounted ...ch for targets, pop up and fire a weapon, and drop back down. Typically, a helicopter doing such a pop-up will move rapidly to the side, to avoid counterfire.
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  • UH-1 Iroquois
    ...riants soon appeared, and eventually the dedicated [[AH-1 Cobra]] [[attack helicopter]] derivative. Over 15,000 have been built, more than any other helicopter. <ref name=CoF>{{citation
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  • Gazelle (helicopter)
    #REDIRECT [[Gazelle helicopter]]
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  • MH-60 Nighthawk
    #REDIRECT [[H-60 helicopter]]
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  • LHD
    #REDIRECT [[Landing Helicopter Dock]]
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  • LHA
    #REDIRECT [[Landing Helicopter Assault]]
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  • AH-1/Definition
    #REDIRECT [[Cobra attack helicopter/Definition]]
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  • UH-60 Blackhawk/Related Articles
    {{r|Helicopter}} {{r|H-60 helicopter}}
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  • CH-53 Super Stallion/Definition
    U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift helicopter
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  • Pararescue/Related Articles
    {{r|H-60 helicopter|HH-60 helicopter}}
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  • U.S. Army special operations helicopter/Definition
    <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>Military [[helicopter]] used by the [[United States Special Operations Command]]
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  • MH-60 Nighthawk/Definition
    Special operations version of the H-60 Blackhawk helicopter
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  • Super Frelon helicopter/Definition
    A French heavy-lift helicopter, primarily military but with some civilian roles
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  • Helicopter/Related Articles
    {{r|armed helicopter}} {{r|attack helicopter}}
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  • Armed helicopter/Related Articles
    {{r|Mi-28 (helicopter)}} {{r|Attack helicopter}}
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  • Battle of the Ia Drang/Definition
    First divisional-scale battle involving helicopter-borne [[air assault]] troops, with U.S. forces against those of North Vietn
    164 bytes (20 words) - 21:06, 30 June 2008
  • Vertical takeoff and landing/Related Articles
    {{r|Armed helicopter}} {{r|Attack helicopter}}
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  • Close air support/Related Articles
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  • Graham Martin/Definition
    Last U.S. Ambassador to [[South Vietnam]], leaving in the last helicopter lift from Saigon in 1975
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  • CH-47 Chinook/Definition
    Medium transport [[helicopter]] developed by the [[U.S. Army]] and used by a wide range of countries
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  • Mi-28 (helicopter)/Definition
    A Russian [[armed helicopter]], with the Western designation '''HAVOC''', with a secondary [[combat sear
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  • USS Makin Island (LHD-8)/Definition
    A [[United States Navy]] [[Landing Platform Helicopter]] homeported at [[San Diego, California]]; improved propulsion over other m
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  • HMS Ark Royal (1985)/Definition
    ...carrier]] of the Royal Navy; slightly larger than her sisters; operates [[helicopter]]s and [[STOVL]] aircraft
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  • Eurocopter Tiger/Definition
    Made by [[EADS]], a light [[attack helicopter]], used for armed reconnaissance, for countries including Australia, France
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  • MQ-8 Fire Scout/Definition
    A multipurpose [[unmanned aerial vehicle]], in the form of a [[helicopter]] with relatively long endurance, whose functions include surveillance and
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  • MH-60/Definition
    ...Air Force ones being special operations but the Navy versions fill general helicopter roles
    186 bytes (27 words) - 08:25, 9 May 2011
  • Gianna Bryant/Definition
    A teenage basketball prodigy who was killed in a helicopter accident on her way to a game
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  • Harrison Ford (actor)/Definition
    ...r Wars]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' film franchises; also an aircraft and helicopter pilot (born 1942).
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  • CH-54/Definition
    A [[Vietnam War]]-era heavy cargo helicopter that had no passenger cabin, in the interest of giving it more capability t
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  • Hybrid airship/Definition
    ...that combines characteristics of heavier-than-air (fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter), and lighter than air (airship), technology.
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  • Exocet/Definition
    ...ging French anti-shipping missile, which can be fired from land, aircraft, helicopter, submarine and ship platforms, and which has a considerable combat record
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  • RAST (disambiguation)
    {{rpl|RAST (helicopter)}}
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  • USS Kearsarge/Definition
    ...are]] ship type in the [[United States Navy]], a [[Wasp-class]] [[Landing Helicopter Dock]] assigned to [[Task Force 151]]
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  • USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)/Definition
    ...avy]], the most important feature being that she had the hangars to have [[helicopter]]s permanently assigned
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  • UH-60 Blackhawk
    {{main|H-60 helicopter}} ...on the mission, they may be [[armed helicopter]]s, but dedicated [[attack helicopter]] variants are not used in conventional Army operations.
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  • Vietnam War ground technology/Definition
    Military technology in support of ground operations, including [[helicopter]]s and [[air assault]], either associated with or introduced in Vietnam, be
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  • AVS-6/Definition
    Aviation night vision imaging system with binocular optics that allowed helicopter pilots to conduct nocturnal missions as close to the ground as possible
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  • MC-130 COMBAT TALON/Definition
    ...es in denied areas, by airdrop or assault landing; secondary capability of helicopter refueling and navigational assistance.
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  • Combat aircraft
    ...eapons. While the current trend is to have a given type of airframe (e.g., helicopter, single/dual engine jet, large jets) take on multiple roles, the classic ro *[[Attack helicopter]]
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  • USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)/Definition
    ...are]] ship type in the [[United States Navy]], a [[Wasp-class]] [[Landing Helicopter Dock]] homeported at [[San Diego, California]]
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  • USS Bataan (LHD-5)/Definition
    ...are]] ship type in the [[United States Navy]], a [[Wasp-class]] [[Landing Helicopter Dock]] assigned to [[Task Force 151]]
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  • Transport aircraft/Definition
    [[Fixed-wing aircraft]], [[helicopter]]s, or [[tilt-rotor aircraft]] whose primary role is moving people or cargo
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  • Mast Mounted Sight
    ...enemy sensors. In this case, the "mast" is the central driveshaft for the helicopter's rotary wing (i.e., rotor). ...if more spherical, is called a "disco ball". In use, the pilot hovers the helicopter behind an barrier to observation, such as a building or hill, and then slow
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  • United States Navy/Catalogs/Aircraft types
    * [[H-3 Sea King]], Cold War ASW helicopter * [[SH-2 Sea Sprite]], Cold War ASW helicopter
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  • USS Essex (LHD-2)/Definition
    A [[Wasp-class]] [[Landing Helicopter Dock]], the largest [[amphibious warfare]] ship type in the [[United States
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  • CH-53/Definition
    Heavy transport helicopter used by the [[United States Marine Corps]] and Israel; [[MH-53 PAVE LOW]] s
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  • Helicopter
    A '''helicopter''' is an [[aircraft]] which derives most of its [[lift (force)|lift]] from ...teract the spinning motion which the power unit imparts on the body of the helicopter.
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  • Eurocopter Tiger
    ...the European firm [[EADS]], the '''Eurocopter Tiger''' is a light [[attack helicopter]] initially to be used by Australia, France, Germany and Spain.<ref name=Ti | title = Tiger Attack Helicopter, Europe
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  • Mast Mounted Sight/Definition
    On military [[helicopter]]s, ahollow extension goes above the top of the driveshaft, capped with a r
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  • St. Laurent-class/Definition
    First major warships built in [[Canada]]; helicopter-equipped, [[destroyer]]s optimized for [[anti-submarine warfare]] and [[con
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  • Attack helicopter/Definition
    A helicopter equipped with built-in heavy weapons, which has no standard cargo capacity
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  • Landing Ship Dock/Definition
    ...der their own power, but without the ability to operate large numbers of [[helicopter]]s
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  • Armed helicopter/Definition
    A helicopter that can be configured to carry troops or cargo only, light weapons and tro
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  • Hamilton H. Howze/Definition
    ...neral and Army Aviation pioneer, considered the creator of division-sized, helicopter-mobile [[air assault]] forces. Retired as four-star commander of UN forces
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  • Lynx (disambiguation)
    {{rpl|Lynx helicopter}}
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  • CH-47 Chinook/Related Articles
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  • USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)/Definition
    ...rfolk]], [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]], a [[Wasp-class]] [[Landing Helicopter Dock]], which is the largest [[amphibious warfare]] ship type in the [[Unit
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  • Surface-to-underwater missile
    ..., warships began to take on the role of sensor and support platforms for [[helicopter]]s, which would localize the submarine at a range safe for the warship, and ...es give the surface ship an opportunity for survivable engagements without helicopter assistance.
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  • Cobra attack helicopter/Definition
    The first dedicated [[attack helicopter]], introduced in the [[Vietnam War]] by the [[U.S. Army]], but continuing t
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  • United States Naval Aviation/Definition
    ...using [[carrier-capable]] and shore-based fixed-wing aircraft as well as [[helicopter]]s
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  • MV-22/Definition
    ...d developed by the [[United States Marine Corps]] to replace the [[CH-46]] helicopter
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  • USS Wasp (LHD-1)/Definition
    ...are]] ship type in the [[United States Navy]], a [[Wasp-class]] [[Landing Helicopter Dock]] assigned to [[Expeditionary Strike Group TWO]], homeported at [[Nav
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  • County-class/Definition
    ...capability; also guns and [[Exocet]] [[anti-shipping missile]]s; Wessex [[helicopter]]
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  • Hydra 70 rocket/Definition
    ...s, used by all U.S. military services and for export; they are principally helicopter weapons but can be used on fixed-wing aircraft
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  • MH-53 PAVE LOW/Definition
    A U.S. [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] long-range heavy helicopter, with all-weather and night capability, used for [[combat search and rescue
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  • MH-53 Pave Low/Definition
    [[United States Air Force]] special operations helicopter that can fly at night, at extremely low altiude, and in most weather. Its m
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  • CH-54
    ...er design, which did not gain widespread acceptance. The CH-54 was a large helicopter, built on much the same airframe as the early CH-53 heavy helicopters. They Where the cabin would be present in a conventional helicopter, the CH-54 simply had a boom connecting the front part, containing the crew
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  • USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)/Definition
    ...are]] ship type in the [[United States Navy]], a [[Wasp-class]] [[Landing Helicopter Dock]]; homeported at [[Naval Station Norfolk]], [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Vi
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  • H-60 helicopter/Definition
    ..., and the [[MH-60]] special operations variant that is not really a Black Helicopter but instead very, very dark gray
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  • Vertical replenishment/Definition
    ...ship and the warship being resupplied do not physically connect, but use [[helicopter]]s to transfer the supples. Faster and requiring less shiphandling skill th
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  • HAVE QUICK II/Related Articles
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  • Mast Mounted Sight/Related Articles
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  • WLD-1
    ...and moored mines; this sonar can also be carried by the MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter. A helicopter-borne laser-based detection system also complements the sonar.It integrates
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  • MPQ-64/Definition
    ...rine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]], to detect aircraft, [[cruise missile]]s, [[helicopter]]s and [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s (UAV), for [[air defense artillery|air
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  • Mast-mounted sensor/Related Articles
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  • Landing Platform Dock
    ...t, the "platform" is a flight deck that supports a substantial number of [[helicopter]]s and, usually, short-takeoff-vertical-landing ([[STOVL]]) aircraft. ...ly well decks were open to the sky; the LPD and earlier [[Landing Platform Helicopter]] closed the well deck with a flight deck. These vessels also have complex
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  • CH-53 Sea Stallion/Definition
    A heavy helicopter originally developed by the [[United States Navy]] for supporting Marine am
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  • United States Marine Aviation/Definition
    Primarily the [[helicopter]], [[STOVL]] and [[tilt-rotor]] aircraft assigned to [[Marine Air-Ground Ta
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  • Key West Agreement/Related Articles
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  • Lift (force)
    Lift is used in [[aircraft]] such as [[airplane]]s and [[helicopter]]s as a means
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  • Airfoil
    Airfoils are used on a variety of vehicles such as [[airplane]]s and [[helicopter]]s as well as other
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  • Ultraviolet/Related Articles
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  • Surface-to-underwater missile/Related Articles
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  • Operation Eagle Claw
    ...licopter and a fixed-wing transport/tanker. With the loss of an additional helicopter, there was insufficient airlift to carry out the mission.
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  • Marine Air-Ground Task Force/Related Articles
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  • Royal Marine Commando
    ...cipally operate from [[amphibious warfare]] ships, with air support from [[helicopter]]s and [[Harrier (fighter)|Harrier]] aircraft.
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  • John Kline/Definition
    ...retired [[colonel]], [[United States Marine Corps]], duty as presidential helicopter pilot and military aide to [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]; commande
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  • Key West Agreement
    ...carrier]] and made it available as the Army base. The Army has changed its helicopter weapons to be compatible with Navy standards for [[Hazard from Electromagne
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  • Fixed-wing aircraft
    ...t; when it pivots so that the rotating airfoils point up, it operates as a helicopter, but when it pivots the rotating airfoils 90 degrees toward the noise, the
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  • Littoral Combat Ship/Related Articles
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  • Super Frelon helicopter/Related Articles
    Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Super Frelon helicopter]]. Needs checking by a human.
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  • Navy/Related Articles
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  • Aircraft
    ...x|{{#ifexist:Template:Oh58am27.jpg/credit|{{Oh58am27.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}[[Helicopter|Helicopters]] are a type of heavier-than-air aircraft.]] Examples are [[airplane]]s, [[glider]]s, and [[helicopter]]s.
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  • Grenade/Related Articles
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  • Nacelle
    ...s that swivel from the horizontal to the vertical, allowing fixed-wing and helicopter operation.
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  • Algerian War/Related Articles
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  • Fred Zabitosky
    ...lot through a curtain of enemy fire to within 10 feet of a hovering rescue helicopter before collapsing. Sfc. Zabitosky's extraordinary heroism and devotion to d
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  • H-60 helicopter
    ...fferent military missions. After the Vietnam War experience, with the UH-1 helicopter being an icon of that war, the United States Army wanted to move to the nex Rather than develop an entirely new helicopter, the Army chose a major mid-life upgrade of the generally successful aircra
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  • Mountain warfare
    ...drops with altitude, equipment may work differently, or refuse to work. [[Helicopter]]s lose power with decreasing air density. Projectiles fired from [[artille
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  • Royal Canadian Navy
    ...ion now widely copied. In the 1960 it developed a technique for landing a helicopter on a small flight deck, even during bad weather, when the deck would be hea These vessels each carry one large helicopter in an enclosed hangar.
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  • USS Wasp (LHD-1)
    ..., she looks superficially like an aircraft carrier, but can only operate [[helicopter]]s [[V-22 Osprey]] tilt-rotor and [[STOVL|short-takeoff-vertical-landing (S
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  • Large Amphibious Landing Ship
    ...ould form a larger Amphibious Ready Troop in company with ''HMS Ocean'', a helicopter carrier and currently the largest ship in the RN.<ref name=navtech>{{citati | title = LPH01 Ocean Helicopter Carrier, United Kingdom
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  • USS Boxer (LHD-4)
    ..., she looks superficially like an aircraft carrier, but can only operate [[helicopter]]s and [[STOVL|short-takeoff-vertical-landing (STOVL) aircraft]].
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  • Attack helicopter
    {{main|helicopter}} ...elicopters are under the [[Army aviation]] branch. A representative attack helicopter is the U.S. Army's [[AH-64 Apache]]. As are all helicopters, it is capable
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  • Emergency medical service
    ...vacuation [[helicopter]]s met forward-deployed surgical hospitals. Greater helicopter availability, coupled with a much better understanding of trauma, led to ev ...f></blockquote> To reduce the time to surgery, Cowley's program emphasized helicopter evacuation in civilian situations, a practice that is now being reevaluated
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  • Euromissile HOT
    HOT comes in turret-mounted versions for vehicles, as well as helicopter mounts. HOT 3 arms the French and German Armies' Tiger helicopters, which b ...ration) in France. The missile is to be integrated on the Eurocopter Tiger helicopter developed for the French and German armies, by a joint manufacturing progra
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  • Company (land forces)
    ...lry); the term is not consistently applied to the armored, mechanized, and helicopter-borne successors to horse cavalry.
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  • Reconnaissance in force
    ...desert, the units, especially the fast [[air assault]] units and [[attack helicopter]]s, fought anything in their path.
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  • Halifax-class
    ...e" designation, 30 knots/55 kmph. They have a crew of 225 (or 195 without helicopter detachment embarked). <ref>{{citation
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  • My Lai
    The massacre stopped when a U.S. helicopter, flown by Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, landed and its crew physically int
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  • Armed helicopter
    ...protect combat operations with troops. A second role is purely as an armed helicopter to provide support to combat operations on the ground. It contrasts with an attack helicopter, which is not designed to carry any troops.
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  • Howitzer
    ...he howitzer must be delivered by parachute, amphibious landing vehicle, or helicopter. ...5. 105mm howitzers are still used, especially by light forces delivered by helicopter or parachute. They have rifled barrels, a recoil mechanism, and can have th
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  • CH-47 Chinook
    ...ch as a [[howitzer]], hung from a sling that attaches to the bottom of the helicopter. In the [[Tactical Mobility Requirements Board]] analysis of the potential of helicopter-borne [[air assault]], the ability of the Chinook to move light vehicles an
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  • RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
    ...3 Orion]] and [[P-8 Poseidon]], or antisubmarine helicopters of the [[H-60 helicopter|H-60 family]].
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  • United States Marine Corps/Related Articles
    {{r|Landing Platform Helicopter}}
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  • Penguin/Catalogs/Reaction of penguins to aircraft
    ...e/programmes2000-2005/Independent/penguin_helos.html Ecological Effects of Helicopter Overflights on King Penguins]'.</ref> ...are likely to fall over.<ref>See the BAS's report, ''Ecological Effects of Helicopter Overflights on King Penguins''. </ref>
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  • United States Army/Bibliography
    * Allen, Matthew. ''Military Helicopter Doctrines of the Major Powers, 1945-1992: Making Decisions about Air-Land W
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  • Fratricide (military)/Related Articles
    {{r|Attack helicopter}}
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  • Mobile (engineering)
    ...e and transportable. Mobile equipment can operate OTM in a truck, tank, or helicopter. [[Transportable]] equipment is carried from place to place by trucks, heli
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  • Circular error probability
    ...l vary with the type of weapons delivery; a bomb dropped vertically from a helicopter hovering while there is no wind will have a circular dispersion pattern. T
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  • Voith Schneider Propeller
    ...tack, in a way that is homogolous to how altering the angle of attack of [[helicopter]] blades alters the direction of their thrust.
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  • Standard SM missile series
    ....S. Navy vessels, the combination of SM-2 in anti-surface mode, along with helicopter-launched anti-shipping missiles, has replaced the [[AGM-84 Harpoon]].
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  • Hybrid airship
    ...[[helicopter]]) and lighter than air, (LTA), technology. Examples include helicopter/airship hybrids intended for heavy lift applications and [[dynamic lift]] a
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  • Hamilton H. Howze
    ...eadership of the "Howze Board" of the 1960s, which explored the concept of helicopter-based [[air assault]] operations and created the first division-sized helib
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  • Fireboat Tiburon
    ...> The kayakers were ultimately rescued by a [[California Highway Patrol]] helicopter, two hours after the boaters phoned [[911]]. | quote = The United States Coast Guard sent a helicopter to conduct a search while the San Rafael, Tiburon, Southern Marin and Kentf
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  • Sea Stallion
    {{dambigbox|text=For the Sea Stallion helicopter, see [[CH-53 Sea Stallion]].}}
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  • Fao Peninsula
    ...[U.S. Navy SEAL]]s captured some of the offshore facilities. A U.S. Marine helicopter crashed, killing Marines from both countries. <ref>{{citation
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  • Type 42-class
    All carry a [[Sea Lynx]] helicopter, and have three 12.75 inch torpedo tubes for close-in antisubmarine warfare
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  • French support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war
    ====Helicopter==== ...Aloutte, Gazelle helicopter|Gazelle, Puma helicopter|Puma,and Super Frelon helicopter|Super Frelon helicopters to Iraq. <ref name=Martinson1984 />
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  • Operation FREQUENT WIND
    '''Operation FREQUENT WIND''' was the code name for the helicopter evacuation by the U.S., of its own nationals, and some South Vietnamese, fr
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  • Enforcer-class
    *or 6 [[Lynx (helicopter)|Lynx]], [[Seahawk]]
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  • Type 45-class
    ...rations]], and underway replenishment, the ships will be able to operate a helicopter. They will be equipped, initially, with the Lynx HMA.8, but can carry aircr
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  • MQ-8 Fire Scout
    ...ral Combat Ship]]s; three MQ-8's fit into the same space as a MH-60 manned helicopter.
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  • Mike DeLong
    He was a combat helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War; he has over 5600 flight hours and 800 combat hour
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  • Rhonda Cornum
    For the [[Gulf War]], she deployed as flight surgeon for the 2/229 Attack Helicopter Battalion. In February 1991, she went on a [[combat search and rescue]], u Her helicopter was shot down, with five soldiers killed. She suffered two broken arms and
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  • HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)
    | aircraft facilities || Aft helicopter deck, no hangar
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  • Forward Area Air Defense
    To track aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicle and helicopter threats, there are two kinds of ground-based sensor (GBS). For heavy units, | hovering, running, or pop-up helicopter
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  • Monetarism
    ...its cure. It seems intuitively obvious that if pound notes were dropped by helicopter to the extent necessary to double the amount in circulation, then prices wo In the "helicopter money" version, the transmission mechanism was obvious: those who picked up
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  • Infantry Brigade Combat Team
    ...ing on the unit, the combat battalions are qualified as [[paratroop]]s, in helicopter [[air assault]], or in light infantry operations in difficult terrain.
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  • Combat Control team
    ...specialists. As a quick distinction, the pathfinder lands before the main helicopter, transport aircraft, or parachute force. He surveys the area for hazards an
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  • MH-53 Pave Low
    ...licopter by the United States Marine Corps and the HH-53 search and rescue helicopter. PAVE LOWs, in the MH-53J or M versions, can fly long-range, very low level
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  • USS Charleston (LKA-113)
    ...ship of a five vessel class of amphibious cargo ships, all equipped with a helicopter landing area on the stern. ''Charleston'' served as a commissioned ship for
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  • Field medicine
    ...irst aid, it does make sense in many combat situations, when an evacuation helicopter can swoop in only after the enemy is suppressed -- and having that IV acces
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  • Bucket
    ...s also known as a bucket, as are the large containers carried underneath [[helicopter]]s, notably to drop water onto [[fire]]s.
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  • Research vessel Astrolabe
    | title=Image of the Astrolabe being unloaded by helicopter | title=Image of the Astrolabe being unloaded by helicopter
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  • Littoral Combat Ship
    ...(ASuW). Although small, they will always have the capability to operate [[helicopter]]s and [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s (UAV). ...with self-defense and helicopter-support capabilities. He agrees that the helicopter is essential to antisubmarine warfare, mine warfare, and anti-surface warfa
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  • Niagara Queen II
    ...order to rescue the icebreaker and it's crew, a twelve passenger Sikorski helicopter was brought in to drop a lifeline to the stranded boat.
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  • Battle of Ap Bac
    ...the Viet Cong, by landing the 11th ARVN Infantry Regiment to the north by helicopter while a provisional regiment of two battalion-size task forces of Civil Gua Soldiers in [[armored fighting vehicle]]s, as well as helicopter-borne [[air assault]], units, are expected to use the classic [[cavalry]] a
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  • P-8 Poseidon
    ...P-8 is likely to cooperate with [[H-60 helicopter#Second generation|MH-60R helicopter]] or its SH-60B or SH-60F predecessors, as well as surface ASW vessels, and
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  • Landing Craft Utility
    ...ing up heavy equipment after a beach had been secured by Marines landed by helicopter, tilt-rotor aircraft, or [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]].
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  • V-22 Osprey
    ...ches to flying like an [[airplane]] while in flight. It is not, however, a helicopter or a fixed-wing aircraft. ...think of the Osprey as a small, agile [[C-130 Hercules]] rather than as a helicopter.<ref name=Drwiega>{{citation
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  • Infantry
    ...licopter]]s that carried them to the battlefield, or from heavier [[attack helicopter]]s that travel with them
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  • United States Army
    ...craft. These include the [[AH-64 Apache]] (the ''AH'' stands for [[attack helicopter]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/ap ...essdate=2008-04-05 }}</ref> and the [[CH-47 Chinook]] heavy-lift transport helicopter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/chino
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  • Oliver Hazard Perry-class
    **"Long hull" 453 feet (135.9 meters); operates [[H-60 helicopter]]s
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  • Ashanti (film)
    ...d by a member of the Anti-Slavery League ([[Rex Harrison]]), a mercenary [[helicopter]] pilot ([[William Holden]]), and Malik (Kabir Bedi) a tribesman who is see
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  • MPQ-64
    ...ll as fixed-wing threats. Made by Raytheon, it is HMMWV-towed or lifted by helicopter, and can be set up in 15 minutes and made ready for movement in 5 minutes.
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  • Ticonderoga-class
    ...used in a surface-to-surface mode, with or without midcourse guidance from helicopter radar. The 5" guns are primarily for naval gunfire support ashore, but can ...and the final-defense Mark 46 torpedoes in deck launchers. In addition to helicopter sensors, the later ships carry
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  • Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below
    ...ams (tank)|M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley (armored fighting vehicle)|M2 Bradley. Helicopter-mounted versions are also available.
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  • Wasp-class
    In the ARG, the LHD stays farthest back from the shore, using [[helicopter]]s and [[V-22 Osprey|MV-22 Osprey]] tilt-rotor transports to move Marines i
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  • Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron (Brigade Combat Team)
    There is also a [[MQ-8]] Army Fire Scout helicopter Class IV UAV, under the control of the brigade commander, that can act as a
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  • Vigilance (fireboat)
    ...opellers]], an advanced propulsion system that bears some resemblance to [[helicopter]] propulsion, and enable instantaneous changes in the propeller thrust.<ref
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  • Close air support
    ..., but not to try to use such manned resources for deep strike (e.g., Armed helicopter#Battle of Karbala|Battle of Karbala. When quick-reaction deep strike is nee
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  • HAVE QUICK II
    ...int STARS to send pictures to send information to ground troops, an attack helicopter, and a command post.
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  • Aircraft carrier
    ...g]] (SVTOL) aircraft, as well as [[vertical takeoff and landing]] (VTOL) [[helicopter]]s and [[tilt-rotor]] aircraft. The largest and most capable carriers have ...bious assault ship but, at 21,500 tons, is designated a [[Landing Platform Helicopter]].
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  • Tank (military)
    ...craft|attack aircraft]] such as the [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]], and [[attack helicopter]]s such as the [[AH-64 Apache]]. An especially destructive technique was ca
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  • Special operations
    ...ref> put 56 ground troops into the area, and had 92 airmen, including some helicopter crew on the ground, in the area of operations. Special reconnaissance teams
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  • William DuPuy
    ..., and the overwatch methods of Gen. Howze, concluded that a genera tion of helicopter-borne commanders lost their respect for the ability of terrain to hamper th
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  • New York (U.S. state)
    ..., Westchester County Airport, and Stewart International Airport. Scheduled helicopter service exists from some of the New York City area airports.
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  • Raid on Osama bin Laden
    While the force attempted to destroy the crashed helicopter, part of the tail broke off on a wall, and was left relatively intact outsi | url = http://www.helihub.com/2011/05/03/was-bin-laden-casualty-a-stealth-helicopter/
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  • Operation Nanook (2010)
    | quote = This year the CH-146 Griffon helicopter took part in Operation Nanook for the first time, providing a tremendous bo
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  • William H. Connerton, Jr. (fireboat)
    ...open deck space at the rear of the boat is large enough for a Coast Guard helicopter to drop a basket onto it for a patient pickup.
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  • United States Air Force/Related Articles
    {{r|Attack helicopter}}
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  • U.S.-Iran Hostilities during the Iran-Iraq War
    ...hips since World War II. Two Iranian ships were destroyed, and an American helicopter was shot down, killing the two pilots.<ref name=NoHigher61 />
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  • Imaging radar
    | title = Platforms: SH-60R Multimission Helicopter Upgrade }}</ref> SH-60 multimission helicopter, carried on destroyers, cruisers, and aircraft carriers. The [[P-8 Poseido
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  • Onslow Beach/Gallery
    ...low Beach during Exercise Solid Shield '85. Overhead is a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter.</div></div>
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  • Archive:News
    ...landing", but no one was seriously injured according to NATO. The civilian helicopter went down immediately after take off from Kandahar airfield, killing sixtee
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  • Logistics (military)
    ...sault) unit, logisticians worked out the procedure by which a short-ranged helicopter can be refueled at each jump closer to its target. Image:FARP-helo refueling.jpg|thumb|Detailed view of helicopter refueling in the desert
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  • Louisiana Responder
    ...der/> The USCG boat [[45707 (USCG)|''45707'']] was present, as was a USCG helicopter. A USCG rescue swimmer dove in, and made contact with the capsized boom ve
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  • Machine gun
    ...see machine guns on swivel mounts in the doors of helicopters, or on light helicopter turrets. Some special operations helicopters have electrically-powered rota
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  • John Landis
    ...thirty feet over their heads. The powerful explosions damaged the hovering helicopter, which fell out of the sky, crushing Renee, and decapitating Morrow and Myc
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  • Nimitz-class
    *Helicopter squadron: these have typically been [[SH-60F Oceanhawk]]s, but will be repl
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  • USS Renate (AKA-36)
    ...ould be used in charting positions and depths accurately, while the ship’s helicopter would transport surveyors and their equipment to points ashore and perform
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  • USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AO-112)
    ...SNS ''Mission Capistrano'' (T-AG-162) at sea, date and location unknown. A helicopter landing pad has been added just aft of the [[forecastle]] as part of her co
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  • Soviet support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War
    ===Helicopter=== Image:Mi24CP.jpg|thumb|left|Mi-24 attack and transport helicopter
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  • Mine (naval warfare)
    ...ther" UUV, a manned minehunting ship, or a mine sensor "sled" towed by a [[helicopter]] will use various sensors, appropriate to the sea and sea bottom character
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  • USS Pocono (AGC-16)
    ...1 October]] she deployed for “Steelpike I”, which included an assault with helicopter landings at Huelva Bay, [[Spain]]. She returned to [[Naval Station Norfolk|
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  • Safety and survivability of naval vessels
    ...S Princeton (CG-59)|''USS Princeton'' (CG-59)]] and the [[Landing Platform Helicopter]] [[USS Tripoli (LPH-10)|''USS Tripoli'' (LPH-10)]] survived mine explosion It is clearly unhealthy to be in the path of a moving aircraft or a helicopter rotor. These are only a few of the hazards especially on the deck of an [[a
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  • Lawrence Wilkerson
    Enlisting in the Army, he became a combat helicopter pilot in the [[Vietnam War]]. He obtained a bachelor's degree in English Li
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  • Battle of the Ia Drang
    ...with regularly assigned helicopters, which make most tactical movements by helicopter. Earlier in 1965, there had been promising combat demonstrations by the 173 ...land route, and a fourth heliborne reserve.<ref name=TranQuocCanh /> That helicopter reserve had then-Major Charles Beckwith|"Charging Charlie" Beckwith's Speci
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  • USS O'Kane (DDG-77)
    ...d full support facilities. Nevertheless, the ship has [[RAST]] cabling for helicopter handling and can temporarily support them to localize and attack submarine ...which the [[AGM-84 Harpoon]] missile launchers were replaced by permanent helicopter hangars.
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  • Trauma medicine
    ...irst aid, it does make sense in many combat situations, when an evacuation helicopter can swoop in only after the enemy is suppressed -- and having that IV acces
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  • Tran Van Tra
    ...[possibly the October 28-29, 1965, attack on the Marine Corps Marble Hill helicopter facility on the Tiensha Peninsula, Quang Nam province].
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  • Gianna Bryant
    ...her father, and several other members of her team were all killed when the helicopter they were using to go to a game crashed.<ref name=People2020-01-27/>
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  • Vietnam War ground technology
    ...ion, because, as opposed to other MASINT and SIGINT sensors, it could give helicopter-borne troops real-time detection of targets <ref name=Sharpen>{{cite book ...ense; a viable alternative came when a rotating AN/APS-94 was mounted on a helicopter &mdash; but the Army never procured the ten recommended systems. <ref>{{cit
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  • Protector (fireboat, 2014)
    ...opellers]], an advanced propulsion system that bears some resemblance to [[helicopter]] propulsion, and enable instantaneous changes in the propeller thrust.<ref
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  • Airship
    ...d through the air. Unlike ''aerodynamic'' craft (e.g. [[airplane]]s and [[helicopter]]s) which stay aloft by moving an [[airfoil]] through the air in order to p ...(airplane or helicopter) and lighter than air technology. Examples include helicopter/airship hybrids intended for heavy lift applications and dynamic lift airsh
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  • Pentagon Building
    ...outside the subway entrance. There is a heliport for executive transport [[helicopter]]s, and even a shuttle boat, once scheduled but now by appointment only, fr
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  • USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
    After an overhaul in Norfolk from December to March 1953, when a [[helicopter]] deck was installed, she served in the [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Flee
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  • Vietnamization
    ...nel. As observed by LTG Dave Palmer, to qualify an ARVN candidate for U.S. helicopter school, he first needed months of English language training to be able to f ...t commander in the ARVN, Do Cao Tri. Tri died 2.5 hours later in his first helicopter crash of inspection. It is known the crash was at low altitude; it has been
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  • Ryan Firebee
    ...re parachute-recovered with the new Mid-Air Retrieval System, which used a helicopter to grab the parachute cable in mid-air. While this had an [[IMINT]] missio
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  • Combat loading
    ...ry 15 days' supplies, which they can land under combat conditions, using [[helicopter]]s and tilt-rotor aircraft, air-cushion vehicles, and conventional [[landin
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  • Batman
    ...tham River. Bruce and Catwoman saved Selkirk and his aides just before the helicopter exploded from the leaking fuel. When Bruce tried to find Jean-Paul using th
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  • Littoral warfare
    ...it releases a Mark 46 lightweight torpedo, the same that an antisubmarine helicopter would drop, which actively chases its prey.
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  • Unidentified flying object/Catalogs
    The next day a helicopter flew some of the Iranian pilots to the area where the third UFO was seen la The next day a helicopter flew some of the Iranian pilots to the area where the third UFO was seen la
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  • USS Seminole (AKA-104)
    ...ning commenced immediately for operation "Beau Charger," an amphibious and helicopter assault for a search and destroy operation near the [[DMZ]]. This operatio
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  • Fireboats in Singapore
    ...ltiple emergency vessels and vehicles need to be coordinated. She has a [[helicopter landing pad]], with a winch for landings in high sea states. Her maximum s
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  • Imagery intelligence
    Image:Decoy OH58.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Inflatable helicopter decoy, Gulf War
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  • Final Fantasy VII/Catalogs/Locations
    ...tor and being one of the ports of call for the Cargo Ship. There is also a helicopter that will can carry the party to the different parts of the city or even co
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  • Pidgin (language)
    ...out) for a piano, and "miksmasta blong Jisas" (E: Jesus' food mixer) for a helicopter. The actual words in Solomons Pijin are ''piana'' and ''tiopa''. One commen
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  • Fratricide (military)
    ...d, in the 1982 Falklands War, ''HMS Cardiff'' shot down a friendly Gazelle helicopter."<ref name=AT2007-10-12>{{citation
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  • United States Navy SEAL
    ...]], often operating from rivers and striking targets near water, or making helicopter-borne or underwater beach infiltrations. SEAL personnel were active in [[MA
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  • Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
    ...eter Arnett, had the respect of H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. for giving up his helicopter seat, while under fire, so wounded soldiers could be evacuated.
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  • Destroyer
    ...ueling. The kill mechanism would be lightweight torpedoes dropped from the helicopter. ...submarine, it may be just as much a threat as the helicopter. Indeed, the helicopter may emphasize its sensors for finding the submarine and letting the destroy
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  • Naval warfare
    ...are carried out almost solely by missiles, [[torpedo]]es, and ship-based [[helicopter]]s; destroyers and light escorts also only use gunnery as a secondary syste
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  • Angel (Biblical)
    ...onicles 5:7-8.</ref> The wings appear to make sound volume comparable to a helicopter, being heard from far away.<ref>The Bible. Ezekiel 10:5.</ref>
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  • USS Shadwell (LSD-15)
    ...a" and visited its ports of call. In 1959, ''Shadwell'' became the first [[helicopter]]-carrying dock landing ship. In 1961, she underwent a [[Fleet Rehabilitati
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  • USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)
    ...to the States 30 January 1953. While in [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]], a helicopter deck was installed on the fantail.
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  • Royal Navy
    :1 or more [[Amphibious Assault Ship]]/helicopter carrier ([[Ocean-class]]).
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  • Archive:Monthly Write-a-Thon/March 4, 2009/Uncategorized
    *[[Alouette (helicopter)/Definition]]
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  • Jet Set Willy
    ...ses and a case of Dom Pérignon champagne. In addition to this a Jet Ranger helicopter will pick you up for a flight above your town when you will get the chance
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  • Jet Set Willy/Citable Version
    ...ses and a case of Don Perignon champagne. In addition to this a Jet Ranger helicopter will pick you up for a flight above your town when you will get the chance
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  • Archive:High priority articles for pilot
    # [[Helicopter]] -[[Phil Wardle]]
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  • Claudene Christian
    ...onday, according to Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill. She was taken by helicopter to a North Carolina hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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  • Metal Gear Solid
    ...ies to find Metal Gear, but he is followed by Liquid, who is in a [[Hind]] helicopter. Snake manages to take it down using a [[STINGER]] missile launcher. Shortl
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  • Italian support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War
    "In 1984, Italy's state-owned Agusta helicopter manufacturer sold $164 million worth of helicopters to Iraq. The order was
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  • Somalia
    ...itizen. The raid appears to have been short-duration, delivered by a small helicopter-borne force operating from ships in international waters.
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  • Iraq War, major combat phase
    ...r. U.S. Navy SEALs captured some of the offshore facilities. A U.S. Marine helicopter crashed, killing Marines from both countries. <ref>{{citation ...was an unsuccessful deep strike by AH-64 Apache helicopters at the Attack helicopter#Battle of Karbala|Battle of Karbala. <ref name=CRS2003-06-04>{{citation
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  • Long Reach Operation
    ...>{{citation|last1=Coleman|first1=J.D.|year=1988|title=Pleiku, The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam|publisher=St.Martin's Press|location=New York}}, p.119</
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  • USS Union (AKA-106)
    ...nits combined to land marines on Camp Pendleton beaches with an airlift of helicopter-borne troops among the initial assault waves. ...embarkation, withdrawal, movement, demonstration, simultaneous surface and helicopter assault, and subsequent troop exercise ashore.
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  • Signals intelligence collection, ground-based
    The [[MQ-8]] unmanned helicopter's capabiltities includes [[Corps]]-level [[signals intelligence]] for rhe U
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  • Controlling close support to ground forces
    ...s, not just [[surface-to-surface missile]]s but also [[guided shell]]s and helicopter-launched [[air-to-surface missile]]s. Support from high-performance aircraf
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  • Joint warfare in South Vietnam 1964-1968
    ...lity of the 1st Cav, so BG Man revised a plan to bring to try to fight the helicopter-mobile forces on terms favorable to the North Vietnamese. They fully expect ...ed amount of air support, including the first use of a company-sized armed helicopter unit,<ref name=334Avn>{{citation
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  • Geophysical MASINT
    While initial landings from an offshore force would be from [[helicopter]]s or [[tiltrotor]] aircraft, with air cushion vehicles bringing ashore lar ...d to night fires, which, again, were countered with mortar, artillery, and helicopter fires. They then moved into an urban area where US artillery was not allowe
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  • U.S. House Armed Services Committee
    ...o those theaters. Those aircraft, including the CH-47 Chinook|CH-47, H-60 helicopter|UH-60, AH-64 Apache|AH-64, and OH-58 Kiowa Warrior|OH-58, will likely conti ...quisition plan resulting from the cancellation of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH), the start up of the Joint Future Theater Lift (JFTL) program, and th
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  • Centers of gravity (military)
    ...Marine doctrine is to strike from mobile sea forces, first with long-range helicopter air assault and long-range guided missile and aircraft strikes, neutralizin
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  • Air defense artillery
    ...combat: when Mr. Artillery Shell's flight path intersects the path of our helicopter, he is no longer our friend.
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  • Battle of Khe Sanh
    ...Sanh; that the base was too isolated and that the Marines "had neither the helicopter resources, the troops, nor the logistical bases for such operations … Th ...ush, refused to implement it. Lowndes also rejected a proposal to launch a helicopter extraction of the survivors.<ref name="Schulimson276">Schulimson, p. 276.</
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  • General Offensive-General Uprising
    ...lity of the 1st Cav, so BG Man revised a plan to bring to try to fight the helicopter-mobile forces on terms favorable to the North Vietnamese. They fully expect
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  • Quadrennial Defense Review
    **Increase the availability of rotary-wing assets (i.e., [[helicopter]]s and [[tilt-rotor]])
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  • Spectroscopic MASINT
    ...spectrum for DARPA’s Hyperspectral Mine Detection (HMD) program. AHI is a helicopter-borne LWIR hyperspectral imager with real time on-board radiometric calibra
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  • Counterbattery
    ...d to night fires, which, again, were countered with mortar, artillery, and helicopter fires. They then moved into an urban area where US artillery was not allowe
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  • Signals intelligence collection, aircraft-based
    US tactical SIGINT aircraft include the EH-60A Quickfix helicopter, which has interception capabilities in the 1.5-150&nbsp;MHz and direction
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  • Attack cargo ship
    ...s and all levels available simultaneously to either the main deck or the [[helicopter]] platform. Use of the ship's [[forklift]]s and pallet transporters speed t
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  • Iraq War, theater operational planning
    ...ith two regimental combat teams, and V Corps with all of 3rd ID, an attack helicopter regiment, and part of the corps artillery. <ref name=Point-I-Ch02>{{citatio
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  • Third Indochina War
    ...namese Air Force was raised from three to five Air Divisions including one helicopter division. The Vietnamese Navy doubled the number of its combat vessels. <re
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  • Vietnam War
    ...iconic of the Vietnam War. The full capabilities of units with integrated helicopter support were shown by the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) at the [[Battle ...r support both from [[fighter aircraft|fighter-bombers]] and early [[armed helicopter]]s was common, but new techniques came into wide use. [[ARC LIGHT]] was the
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  • Materials MASINT
    ...ion, because, as opposed to other MASINT and SIGINT sensors, it could give helicopter-borne troops real-time detection of targets <ref name=Sharpen>{{cite book
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  • Jet engine
    ...used as a powerplant to drive a propeller shaft (or rotor in the case of a helicopter) ...turbine discs and used to drive devices such as propellers, bypass fans or helicopter rotors. One type, a '''free turbine''', is configured such that the turbine
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  • Restructuring of the United States Army
    ...ge, by medium transport aircraft such as the fixed-wing C-130 or the CH-47 helicopter.
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  • Swarming (military)
    When forces move by helicopter, they may interleave combat and logistical moves, with helicopters bringing }}</ref>. There are several helicopter configurations that optimize their ability to transport fuel into FARPs, bu
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  • U.S. intelligence activities in Asia-Pacific
    * CIA was allowed to use Uzbek military airbases for small aircraft and helicopter flights CIA directed Air America, in August 1959, to train two helicopter pilots. Originally, this was believed to be a short-term requirement, but "
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  • Afghanistan War (1978–1992)
    helicopter assault capabilities, and strategic bombing. These innovations were so succ
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  • Horse
    ...n the points of the round up itself generally involving chasing a herd via helicopter into a pen, which results in injuries due to panic or stumbling, the arbitr
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  • Osama bin Laden
    ...ation Week and Space Technology'', gave a preliminary report that two H-60 helicopter|H-60 and two CH-47 Chinook|H-47 U.S. Army special operations helicopters w }}</ref> There continues to be discussion over the exact helicopter types; it has also been mentioned that Air Force HH-60G|HH-60 PAVE HAWKs ma
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  • U.S. support to South Vietnam before Gulf of Tonkin
    CIA directed Air America, in August 1959, to train two helicopter pilots. Originally, this was believed to be a short-term requirement, but " ...elicopters and 400 men. organized into two Transportation Companies (Light Helicopter); Army aviation had not yet become a separate branch.
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  • Signals intelligence
    ...gers navigational beacons could be a landing aid system for an airstrip or helicopter pad that is intended to be low-profile.
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  • Tet Offensive
    ...by his Saigon command, questioning why they had not realized that American helicopter-borne reinforcements could land on the Embassy roof.
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  • Vietnamese Communist grand strategy
    ...lity of the 1st Cav, so BG Man revised a plan to bring to try to fight the helicopter-mobile forces on terms favorable to the North Vietnamese. They fully expect
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  • Stephen King
    ...or was first transported to Northern Cumberland Hospital and then flown by helicopter to Central Maine Hospital. His injuries — a collapsed right lung, multipl
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  • U.S. government training of foreign police
    ...sis in areas where they have specific expertise. For example, DOD provides helicopter training to police in drug trafficking countries. Training is conducted bot
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  • Measurement and signature intelligence
    ...it releases a Mark 46 lightweight torpedo, the same that an antisubmarine helicopter would drop, which actively chases its prey.
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  • South Vietnam's ground war, 1972-1975
    Vann died in a helicopter crash on June 9.<ref>Sheehan, pp. 786-788</ref>
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  • U.S. intelligence activities in Iraq
    ...m Mosul and a charismatic commander who made his reputation in 1984 with a helicopter assault on Iranian troops atop a mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan. His popularit
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson
    ...and a third candidate. Johnson drew crowds to fairgrounds with his rented helicopter dubbed "The Flying Windmill". He raised money to flood the state with campa
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  • World War II, air war
    ...ough in Vietnam they finally had ample close air support through their own helicopter gunships. ...orts and spotter planes. Beginning in 1965 (in Vietnam) heavily armed Army helicopter gunships were used to provide close air support.
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  • Vietnam wars
    ...namese Air Force was raised from three to five Air Divisions including one helicopter division. The Vietnamese Navy doubled the number of its combat vessels. <re
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  • Korean War
    ...h higher than a decade before. The most dramatic medical advance was the [[helicopter]], which was experimental in 1950, and in 1951 became a critical device for
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  • U.S. intelligence activities in the Americas
    ...as long as possible. However, when the local commander was advised that a helicopter would arrive to recover the bodies at approximately 1:30 p.m., Guevara was
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  • National Security Agency
    ...re parachute-recovered with the new Mid-Air Retrieval System, which used a helicopter to grab the parachute cable in mid-air. While this had an [[IMINT]] missio
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  • Signals intelligence from 1954 to 1979
    ...re parachute-recovered with the new Mid-Air Retrieval System, which used a helicopter to grab the parachute cable in mid-air. While this had an [[IMINT]] missio
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