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 often resemble traditional Aircraft Carriers, although they are invariably much smaller.
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.
A LandingPlatform, 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.
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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