The Westland Wessex was the first helicopter in the world with a gas turbine propulsion system to be produced in large numbers. “Get some! Get some! Get some, baby! Haha, get some! Anyone who runs is ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

During WWII, Britain planned to build an unsinkable aircraft carrier… out of ICE! Dubbed Project Habakkuk, this massive frozen warship was meant to counter German U-boats and revolutionize naval ...

Excuse me, but there’s something wrong here,’ she said. ‘I’m standing and you’re sitting.’ When the men looked up, my mother ...

In Nevada, the deadliest plane crash was in 1964. A four-engine Constellation operated by California’s Paradise Airlines traveling from Oakland crashed in a mountain near Lake Tahoe after two failed ...

Militaries from across the world will arrive on Australia’s shores this year for the ‘Olympics of military exercises’, as ...

j.g. John Koelsch, equipped with a promising new helicopter, dedicated his service ... a torpedo bomber pilot in the last months of World War II and was promoted to lieutenant junior grade on ...

After 75 years, the Bell Model 47 helicopter continues to be a valued workhorse for a wide range of odd jobs best done by air ...

Conceptually, it never changes, whether you’re fighting in WW2 or you’ve taken to a future ... to choose – recent updates have even added helicopters and modern military vehicles to the ...

The State Guard is looking at adding helicopters and planes. The legislative session will start March 4. The State Guard guard was initially set up during World War II to replace Florida National ...

during World War II, and participated in that war as well as in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2011, HMLA 367 became the first Marine unit to be equipped simultaneously with Bell ...