It turned out that this particular helicopter flew with A Battery, 4th Battalion, 77th Aerial Rocket Artillery (ARA) in Vietnam and Laos during Operation Lam Son 719/Jefferson Glen.

Aldo Bidini (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons The A129 Mangusta is an Italian attack helicopter celebrated for its ...

After several days of familiarization flights (Fam Flight) near Pápa and the firing range, the helicopter shot its first 70 mm guided and unguided rockets on the last day of the test. After that ...

Initially, the MD-530G could only be armed with a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine-gun pod and one or two 70mm rocket pods (seven or 12 rockets each). The helicopter can carry two weapon pods, one under each ...

YANGPYEONG, South Korea -- Soldiers of the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry carried rockets and large rounds of ammunition as they worked feverishly to prepare two AH-64D Longbow Apaches ...

Jets, helicopters, rockets: Military plans more uses of Northwest public lands Originally published April 2, 2016 at 8:00 am Updated April 4, 2016 at 8:18 am ...

Consisting of a rocket motor, seeker, warhead and fuze, ... (APKWS) rockets, laser-guided Hydra 70 2.75inch rockets fired from helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. The weapon, ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Thursday it shot down a U.S. attack helicopter that crashed, killing two Marines. A U.S. general said witnesses saw the craft take ground fire and break ...