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US Army Black Hawk helicopter hit by snowmobile, rider sues government for $9.5 million, says report
Jeff Smith lost the use of his left arm and has been unable able to return to full-time work since …
Rebecca Rommen
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A pair of Black Hawk helicopters collided over Kentucky on a training mission, killing 9 soldiers
US Army officials said the two helicopters were flying as part of a "routine training mission" when…
Aditi Bharade
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Another helicopter went down on a US special-ops raid. Here's how elite aviators prepare for that worst-case scenario.
For the Night Stalkers, the risk of a crash is omnipresent during these kinds of operations, but th…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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NATO helicopters are shooting down and eliminating enemy drones in a rarer kind of Red Sea battle
A former US naval aviator told Business Insider that allied helicopter wins against drones in the R…
Jake Epstein
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With new medals 30 years after 'Black Hawk Down,' members of Army's secretive Delta Force say they're the 'same deadly fighting machine'
"I guess it's something that the task force's fighting spirit is universally recognized after so ma…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The Army's 101st Airborne teamed up with Greek special operators for a first-of-its-kind island-assault exercise
During the exercise, US helicopters supported Greek special operations forces on objectives only ac…
Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma, US…
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Billionaire defense entrepreneur Palmer Luckey has a collection of items worthy of a Bond villain including helicopters, a giant fish tank, and an underground missile base filled with video games
"I am a little bit of a caricature," Luckey told Bloomberg after showing off his crazy collection o…
Polly Thompson
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'Routine' helicopter mission in the Mediterranean leaves 5 US service members dead
The US Military announced the deaths of five service members during a training mission in the Medit…
Hannah Getahun,Associated Pre…
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Meet the Army's 'Night Stalkers,' the special-operations pilots who can fly anything anywhere in the world
The Night Stalkers will take you anywhere in the world whenever you need to be there — plus or minu…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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At least 30 American troops have died in a spate of US military helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft crashes this year
The accidents, which have occurred around the world, have involved Ospreys, Black Hawks, Apaches, a…
Jake Epstein
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3 US soldiers killed after a Black Hawk helicopter crashes in New York
The US soldiers and the UH-60 helicopter was said to have been in a routine training mission in New…
David Choi
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PHOTOS: The Taliban flew a Black Hawk helicopter over a parade of military equipment captured when it overran Afghanistan
Numerous US-made weapons fell into the hands of the Taliban when the Afghan army crumbled in the fa…
Ryan Pickrell
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3 National Guard members were killed in the second deadly Black Hawk helicopter crash in less than a month
The latest tragic helicopter crash follows another fatal crash that killed three National Guard sol…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Army is upgrading the awards of 60 special operators for heroism during the 'Black Hawk Down' incident
When two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Somalia in 1993, US forces quickly found themselv…
Ryan Pickrell
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4 US military helicopter crashes in recent months have killed 14 service members and injured nearly a couple dozen more
The US Army grounded its aircraft after several helicopters crashed during separate training missio…
Jake Epstein
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How US soldiers tear Black Hawk helicopters apart and put them back together to keep them flying
According to Army Techniques Publication 3-4.7, a phase maintenance inspection is a thorough and se…
Spc. Lynnwood Thomas, US Army
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Police are investigating how the gravestone of Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon received these mysterious markings
US Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon's heroic actions were portrayed in the war movie "Black Hawk Down."
David Choi
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The Army's Black Hawk helicopters are testing a new laser system to fend off heat-seeking missiles
The new Common Infrared Countermeasures system (CIRCM), developed by Northrop Grumman, is designed …
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Video shows a military helicopter performing a low-flying show of force during protests in Washington, DC
New York Times reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs said the aircraft was performing a "show of force," whic…