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NEW FOOTAGE AND INFO EMERGES REGARDING STEALTH BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS USED IN ZERO DARK THIRTY
The video posted above is a scene from the soon to be released Bin Laden manhunt super-hit film “Zero Dark Thirty” showing the launch of the pair of low observable modified Black Hawk helicopters at the beginning of their trip … Read the rest of this entry
ROGOWAY’S REVIEWS: NO EASY DAY- The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
No Easy Day, which was released hours ago, has already been making headlines for over a month. While the public at large has shown massive demand for the book, many foreign policy, military technology, American history and even legal gurus … Read the rest of this entry
Stealth Helicopter Or Movie Prop?
12/18/12 SEE UPDATE AFTER READING THE CONTENT BELOW!: http://aviationintel.com/2012/12/18/new-footage-and-info-emerges-regarding-stealth-black-hawk-helicopters-used-in-zero-dark-thirty/ David Cenciotti over at the TheAviationist.com has a great piece today on a picture that was randomly put up on the net … Read the rest of this entry
ISRAELI STEALTH HELICOPTER TRANSPORTS & OTHER THOUGHTS
Over the last few months there has been some talk about the possibility that Israel is using the same low-observable modified H-60 Blackhawks used in to the now infamous raid on the Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan over a … Read the rest of this entry
BATTLEHAWK!
I am a huge fan of Sikorsky products and especially the AH-60 Battlehawk concept. You would think that this aircraft would be a no-brainier for smaller countries who would like to maintain a robust anti-armor and helicopter strike capability while … Read the rest of this entry
SIKORSKY MOVES FORWARD WITH “ALL STAR” SUPPLIER TEAM FOR IT’S S-97 RAIDER PROGRAM
It will be very exciting to see this new (by mainstream standards anyway) form of pusher prop/twin rotor configuration hit the skies in just a couple of years. With massive increases in speed and range, and featuring a safer “tail-rotorless” … Read the rest of this entry
CHINA & THE STEALTH HELICOPTER TAIL: WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW, BUT NONE THE LESS DAMNING…
As was hypothesized here hours after the Bin Laden raid: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-gave-china-access-to-secret-us-aircraft-involved-in-bin-laden-raid-paper-says/2011/08/14/gIQA1zqqFJ_story.html?wprss=rss_world
PURCHASING NEW VIP & NON COMBAT LOGISTICS HELICOPTERS ARE MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN NEW CSAR HELICOPTERS????
So buying an overblown, non-deployable force protection asset is more important than giving the Combat Search And Rescue guys a better suited machine than what they have been stuck with for years. The HH-60G is really operating at the edge … Read the rest of this entry