Let’s take a closer look at the fixed-wing, and rotary-wing, aircraft in Coppola’s masterpiece. The most prominently featured aircraft in Apocalypse Now is the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, known as the “Huey.” ...

It has been nearly 50 years since Hutchinson native Lyle E. Mackedanz disappeared in Vietnam. While serving with the 17th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade as ...

Given the variety and flexibility of the Black Hawk, dozens of nations have imported one variant or another for their own ...

Describing something as a “Continuity of Government” operation is a blanket term. The helicopter unit out of Fort Belvoir ...

An American Airlines plane with 64 people on board collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., and crashed into ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French ...

New video from DOTD shows thick ice on the Huey P Long Bridge. Crews are urging people to stay off the roads due to the ice. JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Snow has fallen across Southeast Louisiana ...

Yet these behemoths’ most puzzling feature is a whip-like tail that can measure as long as the rest of the fish’s body. Why mantas and related rays have such long tails has long been a mystery.

Lt. j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) During the Korean War ...

This helicopter laid out the design for the rest of the Seahawk series of aircraft, featuring anti-corrosion coatings on all surfaces, a changed landing gear layout to accommodate a folding tail ...

A Jan. 10 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a fleet of helicopters flying through the sky. "100 Firefighters from #Mexico have arrived in #LosAngeles and being directed to the # ...

There is beefed-up aerial security along the Manitoba-U.S. border. Regular Black Hawk helicopter flights targeting illegal activity started patrolling the area around the 49th parallel on Sunday, ...