In fact, a video emerged on social media shows an aircrew loading the US-made 70 mm rockets in an adapted M261 rocket pod under the stub wing of a Mi-24V. The helicopter appears to be one of the ...

The U.S.-made Black Hawk helicopter is in use by dozens of nations, but how many Black Hawks are in the U.S. military and ...

While fixed-wing aircraft are one of the strongest parts of the United States' air power, they don't dominate the Army's fleet. That's because Army aviation instead relies heavily on helicopters ...

Manufacturer: Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant / Russian Helicopters Units produced: 750 Armament: 23mm twin-barreled cannons, air-to-surface missiles, air-to-air missiles, rocket pods, cannon pods ...

Similar rocket-launch tactics are used by Ukraine’s Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters, albeit at slower speed and lower altitude. Capture from Ukrainian military video // Wikimedia Commons ...

Its armament comprises a 23-millimeter cannon and optional wing-mounted rockets, missiles, and additional guns. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, several Mi-35 Hind helicopters were ...

The Mil-12 helicopter, known as “Homer” to NATO, was the largest helicopter that ever flew. The Mil was built for the Soviet Union’s Strategic Rocket Forces branch, and was designed to lift ...

A file photo, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Wagner, left, and Airman 1st Class John Bybee, weapons loaders with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, lock Hydra-70 rockets ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety has added its Aircraft Operations Division to the San Angelo area. The new unit will operate a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft, increasing aerial activity in ...

The UH-72 Lakota is the newest helicopter operated by the U.S. Army, having been first introduced in 2006. Since it entered the inventory, several hundred have been produced, with 463 rolling off ...