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Revision as of 23:13, 27 December 2017
This is a list of United States military helicopters
List
Name | Role | Manufacturer | lopp | Note | Year of first flight |
Introduction | Number built |
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Sikorsky R-4 | Helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | First USAF helicopter. | 1942 | ? | 131 | |
Sikorsky H-5 | Helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | 1943 | 1945–1957 | 300 | ||
Sikorsky R-6 | Helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | World War II | 1943 | 1945–1951 | 225 | |
Kellett R-8 | Experimental helicopter | Kellett Autogiro Corporation | Prototype. Program canceled 1946. | 1944 | never | 2 | |
Bell H-13 Sioux | Light observation helicopter | Bell Aircraft Corporation | Bell 47 variant. | 1945 | 1946–1974 | 2407 | |
Kellett XR-10 | Military transport helicopter | Kellett Autogiro Corporation | Prototype. Program canceled 1949. | 1947 | never | 2 | |
Sikorsky S-52 | Utility helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | 1947 | 1951–? | 93 | ||
Kaman HH-43 Huskie | Firefighting/rescue | Kaman Aircraft | 1947 | 1958–1973[1] | |||
Piasecki HUP | Utility helicopter | Piasecki Helicopter | The « Army Mule ». | 1948 | 1949–1964 | 339 | |
Hiller OH-23 Raven | Multipurpose light helicopter | Hiller Aircraft | 1948 | 1950– ? | 2000 | ||
Sikorsky H-19 | Utility helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | 1949 | 1950– ? | 1102 | ||
Vertol H-21 | Cargo helicopter | Piasecki Helicopter | 1952 | 1954–1967 | 707 | ||
Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave | Assault Transport | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Large heavy lift helicopter used by the Army designated "Mojave" and Marines nicknamed "Deuce" | 1953 | 1956–1969 | 153 | |
De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle | Experimental rotorcraft | de Lackner Helicopters | Prototype. Program canceled. | 1954 | never | 12 | |
Sikorsky H-34 | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Anti-submarine warfare helicopter | 1954 | 1954–1973 | 2108 | ||
Bell UH-1 Iroquois | Utility helicopter | Bell Aircraft Corporation | The UH-1 was in the service of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.Nicknamed the "Huey" because the original Army designation was HU-1. | 1956 | 1959– in service | 16000 | |
Sikorsky S-62 | SAR/utility helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | It was used by the United States Coast Guard. | 1958 | 1961–1993 | 175 | |
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | ASW/SAR/utility helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | used as the official helicopters of the President of the United States Marine One | 1959 | 1961–2006 | 1500 | |
Sikorsky S-61R | Medium-lift transport/SAR helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | The S-61R served in the United States Air Force and in the United States Coast Guard. | 1959 | 1961-in service | ? | |
Kaman SH-2 Seasprite | Anti-submarine warfare helicopter | Kaman Aircraft | 1959 | 1962–2001 | 184 | ||
Boeing CH-47 Chinook | Transport helicopter | Boeing | 1961 | 1962-in service | 1180 | ||
Sikorsky CH-54 | Heavy-lift cargo helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | 1962 | 1964–1991 | 105 | ||
Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight | Cargo helicopter | Boeing | It is used by the United States Marine Corps. | 1962 | 1964-in service | 524 | |
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse | Light Observation Helicopter / Utility | Hughes Aircraft | This Bird won a prototype run off between Bell, Hiller and Hughes. The Bell prototype went on to become the basis of the Jet Ranger and the OH-58 Variants. the OH-6 is the parent of the MD-6 variants. | 1963 | 1966-in service | 1420 | |
MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird | Light Observation Helicopter | MD Helicopters | Used for special operations in the United States Army. | 1963 | 1980–Present | ? | |
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion | Heavy-lift cargo helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Load capability of 35,000 pounds [2] Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low, US Air Force variant.[3] |
1964 | 1966-in service | 500 | |
Bell AH-1G Cobra | Attack helicopter | Bell Helicopter Textron | Was developed by Bell as an independent concept armed helicopter. The majority of parts are interchangeable with the UH-1 series. The AH1-W and Z are used in the US Marine Corps | 1965 | 1967-in service | 1116 | |
Bell 206 | Multipurpose Utility helicopter | Bell Aircraft Corporation | 1966 | 1967-in service | 7300 | ||
Bell OH-58 Kiowa | Observation/scout helicopter | Bell Aircraft Corporation | Five versions: OH-58A, OH-58C, OH58C/S, OH-58D, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior | 1966 | 1969– 2015 | 2200 | |
Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne | Attack helicopter | Lockheed Corporation | Prototype. Program canceled 1972.[4] | 1967 | Cancelled | 10 | |
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | Utility helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East.. | 1974 | 1979-in service | 2600 | |
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk[5] | Combat Search and Rescue helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | This is another variant of the U.S. Army's UH-60 Blackhawk. | 1974 | 1982-in service | 101 | |
Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota | Utility helicopter | Eurocopter | Adapted from the Eurocopter EC145 and built in Columbus, Mississippi. | 1999 | 2006-in service | 250 | |
Boeing AH-64 Apache | Attack helicopter | Hughes Aircraft, | Manufactured by McDonnell-Hughes since McDonnell bought out Hughes. | 1975 | 1984-in service | 1174 | |
Hughes MD 500 Defender | Light multi-role helicopter | Hughes Aircraft | Based on the MD Helicopters MD 500 light utility helicopter. Again, by this time Hughes was out of the aviation business and the helicopter is manufactured by McDonnell-Hughes. | 1976 | 1976-in service | 471 | |
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk | Multimission maritime helicopter | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk variant. | 1979 | 1984-in service | ? | |
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey | V/STOL transport | Boeing/Bell | 1989 | 2007-in service | 160 | ||
Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche | Reconnaissance and attack helicopter | Boeing/Sikorsky | Prototype. Program canceled 2004.[6] | 1996 | never | 5 | |
Bell UH-1Y Venom | Utility helicopter | Bell Aircraft Corporation | The UH-1Y Venom is currently in full-rate production to replace the UH-1N Twin Huey | 2001 | 2008-in service | 92 | |
Bell ARH-70 Arapaho | Armed reconnaissance helicopter | Bell Aircraft Corporation | Prototype. Program canceled 2008.[7] | 2006 | never | 4 | |
Piasecki X-49 | Experimental high-speed compound helicopter | Piasecki Helicopter | Prototype under development. | 2007 | 1 |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Kaman HH-43B Huskie, National Museum of the United States Air Force, 15 July 2017.
- ^ H-H(X) / CH-53A Stallion, globalsecurity.org.
- ^ Sikorsky H-53 Sea Stallion, aviationsmilitaires.net.
- ^ Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Prototype (1967), militaryfactory.com, 26 February 2014.
- ^ Susan Young, Gallery of USAFF weapons – 2008 USAF Almanac, Air Force Magazine, May 2008.
- ^ Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche, militaryaviation.eu.
- ^ ARH70 Arapaho, helicopassion.com, 7 December 2010.
Bibliography
- Andrade, John M. (1979). U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials Since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 978-0-904597-22-6.
- Template:Fr Philippe Poulet et Frédéric Ogeret, La fabuleuse histoire de l'hélicoptère, Éditions Mission Spéciale, 2007, 312 p. ISBN 978-2-9163-5714-0
- Template:Fr Ouvrage collectif, L'Atlas des hélicoptères, Éditions Atlas, Éditions Glénat, 2002, 240 p. ISBN 2-7234-3368-4
External links
- 2012 Gallery of USAF Weapons includes numbers and types of USAF aircraft
- United States Navy Fact File page includes links to Fact File pages for USN manned and unmanned aircraft.
- United States Army 2010 Weapons System Handbook (PDF file, 41.6 mb) includes pages describing USA manned and unmanned aircraft.
- United States Coast Guard Aircraft and Cutters page includes links to descriptive pages for USCG manned and unmanned aircraft.