In combat operations, moving people, ordnance, or supplies, is one of the most important aspects of keeping a fighting force effective. During World War II, troops, Jeeps, and foodstuffs were moved ...

Helicopters come in all sorts of weird shapes and sizes. In the early days of mass-produced helicopters in the 1940s and ...

In November, Columbia Helicopters shipped its fifth helicopter to Afghanistan to assist the U.S. military. Columbia and other heavy-lift helicopter companies in Oregon have diversified into new ...

MASCOUTAH — North American Helicopter on March 6 debuted its newly acquired K-MAX® medium-to-heavy lift aircraft with an aerial firefighting demonstration at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah.

Mar. 21—A New York Army National Guard helicopter will be assisting New York State Parks in removing a pontoon from NYPA's Lake Erie ice boom that has been lodged in the rapids above the Bridal Veil ...

A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 conducts a lift of an external cargo load during a cargo loading and transporting exercise at Marine Corps Air ...

The origins of military helicopters go back to the 1940s when the U.S. Army appointed aviator Igor Sikorsky to build a more advanced version of the VS-300, his first model. This new aircraft, known as ...

A CH-53K from U.S. Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) lifts a non-flying F-35C model during a load certification lift out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, ...