Helicopters have few ways to fight back against incoming fighter aircraft. Surprisingly, though, it is far harder to shoot down a helicopter from a plane than one might imagine.

The helicopter that went unnoticed, yet changed everything in the United States operation in Venezuela. What many imagined as ...

Valérie André in Tonkin, 1952: ‘a one-woman MASH unit’ - alamy ​Valérie André, who has died aged 102, was a brain surgeon, parachutist and pioneering helicopter pilot – the first woman ...

When the topic of air forces comes up, most discussions will likely focus on the fancy, high-tech fighter jets and stealth bombers behind headline-grabbing feats, such as the B-2 Spirits that dropped ...

All branches of the U.S. military utilize an assortment of highly effective and state-of-the-art weapons, gear, and vehicles for combat missions. That's also true of aircraft, including helicopters, ...

Between June 15 and July 29, 1945, six Army Air Forces pilots flying experimental Sikorsky helicopters evacuated between 75 and 94 wounded American soldiers from the Philippine jungles while under ...

French Army leaders say combat in Ukraine confirms helicopters are essential for air assault/counter-drone missions, while ...

Airbus Helicopters will submit two concept studies to NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project – a conventional high-speed helicopter and a design based around the airframer’s Racer ...