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United States Military Helicopters: Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives

By Michael Green

Book information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Aviation
Year
2017
ISBN
1473894840, 9781473894846
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
52 MB (54939971 bytes)
Pages
224\221
Topic
Art Photo
Time added
2020-11-25 15:00:02

Description

The helicopter came on the scene too late to play other than a minor role in the Second World War but by the Korean conflict the Bell H-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven, and Sikorsky H–19 Chickasaw were in service.It was in Vietnam that the US military helicopters really came into their own and the best known were the Bell UH-1 Iriquois (known as the Huey), the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, and the massive CH-37 Mojave. The USAF combat search and rescue Jolly Green Giant was indispensable.Attack helicopters have evolved from the early Huey Cobra or Snake and the Boeing AH-64 Apache in the late 80s to when the Sikorsky UH-60 series became the military general purpose chopper.All these formidable aircraft and many more are covered in detail in this superbly illustrated and comprehensive book.

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