The Black Hawk helicopter has been in service since 1979, but what makes it so special, that 36 countries use it? Here's everything you need to know.

IS WHAT LED THE TWO TO MEET OVER 20 YEARS AGO WHEN A DOCUMENTARY 'IN THE SHADOW OF A BLAZE' CAME OT COASTAL GEORGIA TO REUNITE SOLDIERS WITH A HUEY HELICOPTER THAT THEY USED TO FLY IN. "SHE SAID, WELL ...

The day he died, June 5, 1966, Nelson was commanding a Huey helicopter on a ... was an Army helicopter pilot and had been in Vietnam for five months when he was killed in June 1966.

He became an Army helicopter pilot and served in Taiwan for three years before being sent to Vietnam on Jan ... Nelson was commanding a Huey helicopter on a “search-and-destroy reconnaissance ...

Lockheed’s Flying CARR made this concept a reality.” The notion of a fixed-wing airplane that can turn into a rotary-wing ...

while aiding and shielding fellow soldiers who had been on board a Huey chopper that he had been piloting and that had crashed after coming under fire from enemy forces in what was South Vietnam ...

A gunship helicopter is a helicopter that is heavily armed with weapons. They may contain machine guns or cannons, and help ...

The day he died, June 5, 1966, Nelson was commanding a Huey helicopter on a “search-and ... Friday served in either the Korean War or the Vietnam War.

He graduated from The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. and had three children with his wife. During the Vietnam War, he was a member of the 114th Aviation Company and worked as the acting aircraft ...

Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr., who served in the Vietnam War, was the commander of a Huey helicopter conducting a search-and-destroy reconnaissance mission in June 1966 when it was struck by a large ...

A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the nation’s highest military honor Friday. President Joe Biden awarded the Medal ...