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Encyclopedia: Landing Platform, Helicopter (141 words) |
 | A Landing Platform, Helicopter is a warship designed to deliver troops into a war zone by helicopter, but which usually has a limited capability of landing troops by sea using small landing craft. |
| These ships are the indirect functional descendants of the Escort aircraft carriers used by the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy in World War II. |
| The WW II vessels did not have helicopters but were similar in size and in polyvalence. |
| AH-64 Apache - Military Aircraft (4958 words) |
| The Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) (formerly Hughes) AH-64A Apache is the Army's primary attack helicopter. |
| Apache helicopters played a key role in the 1989 action in Panama, where much of its activity was at night, when the AH-64's advanced sensors and sighting systems were effective against Panamanian government forces. |
| Apache helicopters undergo tail rotor, gearbox inspections (Army News Service, Nov. 17, 1999) - The Army's AH-64 Apache helicopters are undergoing inspections to determine the serviceability of the aircraft's tail-rotor system and gearbox components. |
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