A USMC AH-1Z attack helicopter from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 fires an AGM-179 JAGM during an expeditionary (EXPO) strike off the coast of Okinawa on Jun. 26, 2024. This EXPO strike launched the first JAGM off an AH-1Z in...
A RoC Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior in 2014 during a public demonstration. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) The lighter OH-58D was designed to fly ahead, scout and locate targets for the heavily armed AH-64 Apache. Taiwan’s Army Aviation and Special Forces command...
The AW609 Landing on Italian Carrier ITS Cavour (Image Credit: Leonardo) The AW609 completed the first shipboard trials with the support of the Italian Navy. From April 3 to April 12, 2024, the AW609 AC4 aircraft, representing the final production configuration...
The prototype of the NH90 Standard 2 in flight. (Image credit: Airbus) The two programs are part of the NH90 evolution roadmap and constitute a major upgrade in terms of capabilities for the European helicopter. Airbus announced the beginning of the...
U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River (Pax ITF) to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 24. (Photo by...
In the background, the wreckage of the crashed AW139. (Photo: Perak Fire and Rescue Department) In the boxes: the AW139 and AS555 (Photo: Royal Malaysian Navy). Highlighted the two helicopters after the midair. An AW139 and an AS555 crashed after they...
The HH-212 MM81160/9-60 with the special markings to celebrate the last flight (Image credit: Alessandro Pandolfi/@Pando_spotter) The AB-212 (HH-212) Twin Huey helicopter made its last flight today ending a 40-year career in the Italian Air Force. The last HH-212 (as the...
The Sikorski Raider X prototype. (Photo: Sikorski/Lockheed Martin) Along with FARA, the U.S. Army will also terminate the UH-60V program, postpone the Improved Turbine Engine Program production and retire legacy UAS. The U.S. Army has unexpectedly announced the cancellation of the...
AH-64D Q-29 making a 360 turn. Still visible underneath the front cockpit are the SFOR (Stabilization Force) titles it carried during one of its deployments. (All images, credit: Author) After almost 25 years, the old AH-64D ‘Delta’ will be replaced by...
The Schweizer 300C series has trained a whole lot of new helicopter pilots over its long lifetime, and now the new company shepherding this classic rotorcraft model has a great way to take older airframes and give them a second life....