Shipboard helicopter operations is the use of techniques which allows operation of rotary wing aircraft from naval vessels. In the case of military vessels...
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Boeing AH-64 Apache (redirect from Apache helicopter)
AH-64 Apache (/əˈpætʃi/ ə-PATCH-ee) is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of...
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Guard's HH-65 Dolphin and MH-68 Stingray helicopters. Safety of shipboard helicopter operations is enhanced with the use of Tampa's dynamic fin stabilizing...
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Sikorsky S-92 (category 1990s United States helicopters)
CH-148 Cyclone is a shipboard maritime helicopter variant developed for the Royal Canadian Air Force to support naval operations of the Royal Canadian...
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at sea due to having that capability of replenishment and shipboard helicopter operations. "PMSS ship 'Kashmir' commissioned in China". Dawn. 21 July...
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Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin (redirect from Dauphin (helicopter))
Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin, originally known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter produced...
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the Navy had acquired 12 Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopters for shipboard helicopter operations with ex-USN Gearing-class destroyers. The ROK Navy...
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Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk (redirect from Combat Rescue Helicopter)
600 kg) capacity cargo hook. To improve air transportability and shipboard operations, all HH-60Gs have folding rotor blades. Pave Hawk combat enhancements...
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Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone (redirect from Maritime Helicopter Project)
the CH-148 is designed for shipboard operations and replaced the CH-124 Sea King, which was in Canadian Armed Forces operation from 1963 to 2018. The Cyclone...
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supporting the Royal Marines, trainees are also schooled in shipboard and amphibious assault operations. A special unit within 848 Squadron, M Flight, was tasked...
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Bell UH-1 Iroquois (redirect from Bell UH-1 Helicopter)
(nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific...
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USS Kitty Hawk. That year, Helicopter 66 transported the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to Kitty Hawk for a shipboard visit while it transited the...
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Eurocopter EC725 (redirect from Airbus Helicopters EC725)
transport, aeromedical transport, logistic support and shipboard maritime operations. The helicopter has day and night time search and rescue capabilities...
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drawdown of combat operations; however, VMM-261 was directed to extend operations for casualty evacuation, being quicker than helicopters enabled more casualties...
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Bell AH-1 SuperCobra (category United States military helicopters)
navalized helicopter; accordingly, it evaluated the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter over a two-week period in September 1981, which included shipboard operation...
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and sensor suite was optimized against the nuclear submarine threat. Shipboard ASW armament included a twin SUW-N-1 launcher capable of delivering a...
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Schiebel Camcopter S-100 (category Military helicopters)
Italian Navy chose the S-100 as its primary unmanned aerial system for shipboard operations, where it will be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...
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Eurocopter Tiger (redirect from Tiger helicopter)
four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter which first entered service in 2003. It is manufactured by Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter), which arose...
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Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk (category United States military helicopters)
Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky...
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AgustaWestland AW101 (redirect from Merlin helicopter)
medium-lift helicopter in military and civil use. First flown in 1987, it was developed by a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the United...
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Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (category United States military helicopters)
Somalian Civil War. During Operation Desert Storm, MH-53E shipboard-based Sea Dragons were used for mine-clearing operations in the Persian Gulf off Kuwait...
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Eurocopter AS565 Panther (redirect from Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther)
later Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin medium-weight multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter. The Panther...
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introduced the capability of shipboard helicopter operations. While the JMSDF already had the Haruna-class "helicopter destroyer", the Hatsuyuki class...
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developed by the JMSA was installed. The shipboard helicopters were the Bell 212 air-sea rescue helicopters in the early days. Then, with the aging of...
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Agusta A129 Mangusta (redirect from Joint European Helicopter Tonal)
Mongoose) is an attack helicopter originally designed and produced by Italian company Agusta. It is the first attack helicopter to be designed and produced...
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Westland Lynx (redirect from Lynx (helicopter))
is a British multi-purpose twin-engined military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as...
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overwater/shipboard operations, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, casualty evacuation, external sling-load operations, rappelling, airborne operations,...
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Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion (category Military transport helicopters)
transport helicopter designed and produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. The King Stallion is an evolution of the long running CH-53 series of helicopters which has...
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AgustaWestland AW109 (category 1970s Italian helicopters)
attack/close air support missions while the other was optimised for shipboard operations. Shortly following after the launch of the initial production model...
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VMM-268 (redirect from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268)
support of 2d MAW (FWD) operations for stabilization of Anbar Provence. In November 2011, HMM-268(REIN) embarked for its first shipboard deployment in over...
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