In 1861, during the beginning of the American Civil War, Thaddeus Lowe held a demonstration of a balloon’s ability to carry a man above the battlefield and telegraph enemy troop movements and direct artillery fire. President Lincoln was present for one...
The whop-whop-whop of helicopter blades breaks the night silence. Suddenly, two AH-6M Little Birds and two MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters pop up just over the low ridgeline and sink back down toward the valley trying to stay undetected. The flight is part of the Army’s...
In 1926, the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), a military decoration awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States military who distinguish themselves through heroism or extraordinary achievement that is clearly distinctive involving operations during...
Since 1979, the UH-60 Black Hawk has provided tactical transport and air utility services to U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. As you can see in the video below, the Black Hawk, with air support provided by the AH-64 Apache, enables the 101st to have an unmatched...
At daybreak, the temperature is already a muggy 88 degrees in the tropical environment. An enemy observation post is perched midway up a hill with a view of the quiet valley floor below, their position well masked by foliage around the fighting hole, but not well...
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