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Ever wonder what the U in UH-60 means? The military dumbed it down in the early 1960's even though some have gotten weird over the years. UH-60M is a (U)tility mission (H)elicopter type (60)design (L)series or model. Here is the common mission list for helicopters with some examples: A=attack...

I took this photo at Boing Field, WA in late 2011 or early 2012. This VH-60N WhiteHawk is also called a "white top" and is configured to be used a Marine One. There are only a couple of them left, mostly they use the H-3 for the presidential aircraft now. Some people don't know that there is...

LMFAO.... very nice snip of a long winded post Ok, although I am afraid we have threadjacked this, I must continue: So, riddle me this... why do they put marines on navy ships... because sheep are too obvious...

Each branch has a specialized purpose although they tend to overlap. The Marines are an expeditionary force, basically when it absolutely has to be destroyed overnight, send in the Marines. The Army is an occupation force, the Marines don't have the logistical structure to hold ground for...

Interesting comments here about the A-10. Figured I would add my 2 cents (no change will be given). Most fast mover pilots don't like rotary wing guys until they crash but just recently in southern asscrackistan, I had a couple of random A-10s drop out of altitude, slow down (110-120 knots) and...

In the Army, that type of take off is often called a "CAV" take off, referring of course to the old Air Cav Huey's in Vietnam. I wont bore you all with the aerodynamics lesson but basically in Vietnam they would often get overloaded, the pilot would have to keep the aircraft "in ground effect"...

In the CH47 (or 46 even) a 25deg pitch attitude is not as bad as a single rotor aircraft (huey, cobra, etc). Single rotor aircraft are like a pendulum (the thing hanging under a grandfather clock for you youngsters) when a load is attached under it whereas a tandem rotor aircraft (Chinook) can...

In a confined space, a pilots "control touch" is the most important to prevent over controlling the aircraft. Inside an arena like that, you need a very gentle touch. Compound that with the fact that vertical lift aircraft (helicopters) were a new concept and you have a task that only a few...

Friendly fire....isn't.