Military Helicopter Combat

2 US Army Soldiers Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash

US Army grounds all Apache helicopter training missions after deadly crash in Texas

The United States Army is temporarily halting all Apache helicopter training flights after a crash this week near Fort Hood, Texas, killed two soldiers.

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Army temporarily halts Apache helicopter training missions after Texas crash that killed 2

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Army grounds Apache helicopter training flights after deadly Fort Hood crash

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Army temporarily grounds Apache helicopter training flights

The U.S. Army announcing a “temporary stand-down” of all Apache helicopter training flights, saying it will remain in effect until they have a “better understanding of the root cause of the accident.”

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Fort Hood identifies 2 soldiers killed in Apache helicopter crash

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Army temporarily halts Apache helicopter training missions after deadly Texas crash

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The US Army’s AH-64E Apache helicopter gunship can fly at 150 knots, operate at 20,000 feet and fire Hellfire missiles and 76 rockets

Boeing calls the concept Launched Effects: unmanned aircraft push forward, find targets and strike them while the crewed AH-64 helicopter stays outside defended airspace. Counter-drone systems and long-range munitions are planned to follow.

Ars Technica

Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chance

A US Army helicopter gunship was apparently struck by an Iranian Shahed drone before going down near the Strait of Hormuz—but it’s unclear whether the one-way attack drone was deliberately aimed or achieved more of a lucky accidental strike. Axios ...

Flightglobal

How the Ukraine war has (and has not) changed the helicopter’s role in combat

Russia’s heavy rotorcraft casualties in the early part of the Ukraine war stem from outdated tactics and poor planning, argues Bell executive and former US Army general Jeffrey Schloesser, and do not mark the end of rotary-wing aviation as a viable ...