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The Hughes H-6 is a family of light utility civilian and assault helicopters originally designed for the United States Army in the 1960s as the OH-6A Cayuse as a scout and utility aircraft for the Vietnam War and fitted with a 1x 253-shp Allison T63-A-5A. The prototype Model 369 first flew in February 1963, with production OH-6 craft entering service in 1966. It was the original winner of the LOH Light Observation Helicopter competition, and was dubbed Loach in the Vietnam conflict. The losers in that competition were Fairchild Hiller, which faded away in helicopters, and Bell Helicopter, with an entry that would later sprout a tapered nose and dominate the civilian midrange helicopter market as the Bell 206 JetRanger. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ...
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Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~520,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead...
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Bell 206 B3 The Bell Model 206 JetRanger is one of the most successful helicopter designs in the world. ...
This helicopter is noted for high performance and low noise due its four-bladed rotor and small size. The OH-6 would act as a scout to draw fire and spot enemy positions, while only lightly armed with a fixed minigun, teamed with AH-1 Cobra gunships and UH-1 Huey troop ships. The Army would later adopt the Bell OH-58 Kiowa militarized version of the JetRanger in a second round LOH competition, despite criticism from pilots that the OH-6 Cayuse was a better performer. The Bell AH-1 Cobra, called the Huey Cobra, Cobra, Sea Cobra, Super Cobra, or Snake (depending on the model), is an attack helicopter, designed by Bell Helicopter Textron. ...
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, commonly known as the Huey, was a multipurpose military helicopter, famous for its use in the Vietnam war. ...
OH-58 Kiowa OH-58D Kiowa Warrior The OH-58 Kiowa scout is a helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron. ...
The OH-6 set 23 world records for helicopters in 1966 for speed, endurance and time to climb. On March 23, 1966, Jack Schwiebold set the closed circuit distance record in a YOH-6A at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He flew without landing for 1,739.96 mi (2,800.20 km). And on April 7, 1966, Robert Ferry set the long distance world record for helicopters. He flew from Culver City, California to Ormond Beach, Florida, covering a total of 1,923.08 nm (2,213.04 mi, 3,561.55 km). A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ...
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Edwards Air Force Base is a USAF airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due East of Rosamond, USA at 34°57′ N 117°52′ W. An airbase since 1933, Edwards has long been a home...
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In the 1970s, Hughes Aircraft developed a military export version, the 500M, featuring a new 278-shp Allison 250-C18. The MD-500MD Scout (bearing a McDonnell Douglas designation after their takeover of Hughes) was an upgrade of the 500 series that featured 5 main rotor blades, a 375-shp Allison 250-C20B turboshaft engine, and T-tail. The MD-500E and MD-500MG Defender II series had a more elongated nose for streamlining, and an optional 4x blade tail rotor. The OH-6E Super Cayuse (MD-530F Lifter) upgraded the turboshaft to a 425-shp Allison 250-C30. The MD-530MG Defender was an updated 530 series that included a mast-mounted sight. Hughes logo adopted after his death Hughes developed the AIM-120 AMRAAM, one of the worlds most advanced air-to-air missiles Hughes Aircraft Company was a major defense/aerospace company founded by Howard Hughes. ...
DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ...
 An AH-6 Little Bird Later versions, the AH-6J and MH-6J Little Bird (dubbed the "Killer Egg"), are produced specifically for the Special Forces. The Little Bird is flown by units of the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) at Fort Campbell. The AH-6 assault variant can carry a pod on either side of the fuselage fitted with various guns, missiles or rockets. In lieu of pods, the MH-6 troop ship variant is rigged with exterior benches on both sides of the cabin for carrying up to six men, three on each side and can cruise at speeds of 160 mph (257 km/h). Variants of this helicopter were used by American Ranger and Delta forces during the Battle of Mogadishu, as chronicled by Mark Bowden in the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. A US Special Forces operator in Afghanistan The United States Army Special Forces —also known by the nickname Green Berets or simply Special Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations. ...
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Unit name 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) Abbreviated: 160th SOAR (A) Nickname Night Stalkers Branch U.S. Army Mission Provide aviation support to U.S. Special Operations Forces Headquarters Fort Campbell, Kentucky USA Motto Night Stalkers Dont Quit (NSDQ) Death Waits in the Dark Regiment 3 battalions, Training...
Fort Campbell is a large post of the United States Army located approximately ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee and ten miles south of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. ...
The fuselage can be short, and seemingly unaerodynamic, as in this Christen Eagle 2 The fuselage (from the French fuselé spindle-shaped) is an aircrafts main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. ...
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“Black Hawk Down” is an official phrase used on combat situations, by the United States military, to inform the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter. ...
The NOTAR no-tail-rotor version is popular with law enforcement because of its very low noise levels. Instead of an anti-torque tail rotor, a fan exhaust is directed out slots in the tail boom, using the Coandă effect for yaw control. MD 900 (German police) NOTAR, an acronym for NO TAil Rotor, is a helicopter stabilization process developed by McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems which eliminates the use of tail rotors on helicopters, yielding quieter and safer operation. ...
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Japanese OH-6
In Japan, 387 OH-6s were produced under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and used at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Japan Coast Guard, and other civilian operators. Since 2001, OH-6s at JGSDF are being replaced by Kawasaki's new observation helicopter, OH-1s. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. ...
The Japan Self-Defense Forces ), or JSDF, are the military forces in Japan that were established after the end of World War II. The force has been engaged in no real combat but has been engaged in some international peacekeeping operations. ...
- OH-6J : Light observation helicopter for the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force. The OH-1J was built under licence in Japan by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The OH-6J was based on the OH-6A Cayuse light observation helicopter.
- OH-6D : Light observation and scout helicopter for Japanese Ground Self Defence Force.
The OH-1D was built under licence in Japan by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The OH-6D is based on the civilian Hughe Model 500D helicopter.
Television and Films OH-6s were used in the movie Capricorn One. Other movies that feature H-6s include Blue Thunder, Airwolf,Outbreak, Fire Birds, Last Action Hero, Black Hawk Down, The Italian Job, and Apocalypse Now. A cartoon show "Skyhawks" also featured a Hughes 500. Perhaps its most famous role was in the television show Magnum P.I., albeit the example used on the show was a Hughes 500D, with the later T-tail design and five-bladed main rotor. The Hughes 500 is featured most extensively in the television movie Deadly Encounter, starring Larry Hagman as a veteran helicopter pilot. A stretched and improved MD500, the MD600N, with NOTAR, is seen in the James Bond film Die Another Day. Capricorn One is a horror/thriller/science fiction movie about a Mars landing hoax. ...
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Airwolf is a 1980s American television series about a supersonic military helicopter of the same name. ...
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DVD cover Fire Birds (also known as Wings of the Apache) is an action movie starring actors Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones and Sean Young released in 1990. ...
Last Action Hero is a 1993 action comedy directed by John McTiernan. ...
Black Hawk Down is a 2001 film by Ridley Scott, based on the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden. ...
The Italian Job is a British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. ...
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film about the Vietnam War directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, which was inspired by Joseph Conrads classic novella Heart of Darkness. ...
Magnum, P.I. was an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. ...
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Die Another Day is the twentieth James Bond film made by EON Productions and the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings James Bond. ...
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Specifications
OH-6A Cayuse N53HC in police livery. Note original slanted stabilizer design on tail and four-bladed main rotor, characteristics shared with the civilian Hughes 500C. General characteristics - Crew: 2
- Length: 30 ft 10 in - 32 ft 2 in (9.4 m - 9.8 m)
- Rotor diameter: ()
- Height: 8 ft 6 in - 11 ft 2 in (2.6 m - 3.4 m)
- Empty weight: 1,975 lbs (896 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 3,549 lbs (1,610 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× One Allison T63-A-5A or T63-A-700 Turboshaft, 317 hp (236 kW)
Performance Armament - Guns: Two M-60 or M134 Minigun 7.62 mm Chaingun / machine gun; Two .50 cal (12.7 mm) MG pods
- Rockets: Two 2.75 in (70 mm) Hydra 70 rocket pods
- Missiles: Two TOW missile pods; Two Hellfire
For an explanation of the units and abbreviations in this list, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Units key. Hughes OH-6A Cayuse rotorcraft N53HC (Serial#: 69-16014) registered to the Hernando County Sheriffs Office This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse rotorcraft N53HC (Serial#: 69-16014) registered to the Hernando County Sheriffs Office This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
In aviation, the Maximum Take-Off Weight (or MTOW) is the maximum weight with which an aircraft can achieve flight. ...
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VNO of an aircraft is the V speed which refers to the velocity of normal operation. ...
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The maximal total range is the distance an aircraft can fly between takeoff and landing as limited by its fuel capacity. ...
In aeronautics, the service ceiling is the maximum density altitude where the best rate of climb airspeed will produce a 100 feet per minute climb(twin engine) and 50 feet(single engine) at maximum weight while in a clean configuration with maximum continuous power. ...
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The M47, M48 and M60 Patton were the United States Armys principal tanks of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. ...
A minigun The M134 is a minigun manufactured by General Electric. ...
The M242 25mm Chain gun A chain gun is a type of machine gun or autocannon that uses an external source of power, rather than recoil, to cycle the weapon. ...
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A TOW missile being fired from a Jeep. ...
AGM-114 Hellfire Type Air-To-Ground Missile Nationality United States Era Cold War Launch platform Helicopter, UAV Target armored vehicles History Builder Lockheed Martin Date of design Production period Service duration Operators See main text Variants See main text Number built Specifications Type Diameter 17. ...
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