It’s a plane. It’s a helicopter. It’s both. Meet "FLRAA," the Army’s new tiltrotor for Future Long-Range Air Assault. This is how the Army will island hop in the Pacific to fend off China ...

Helicopter carriers are much smaller than traditional aircraft carriers. For example, the newest model carrier employed by the U.S. Navy, the Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, weighs around 100,000 ...

The primary prerequisites to conducting successful airborne operations are moving forces to an objective area without incurring unacceptable losses and supplying these forces with the required combat ...

The long-range assault aircraft, first and foremost, must perform air assault operations. From my time as an Army Aviator, this means massing combat power — infantry, artillery, supplies — on ...

U.S. Navy’s Strategic Edge: The Power of Amphibious Assault Ships The U.S. Navy is only the second-largest navy in the world – the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy is the largest.

Type: Heavy-lift transport helicopter Year introduced: 2018 Active aircraft: 11 Top speed: 196 mph Armament: 12.7mm heavy machine guns, 12.7mm GAU-21 miniguns The CH-53K King Stallion is the ...

Bernalillo County, New Mexico — home to Albuquerque — is resuming law enforcement helicopter operations, some 16 months after a crash killed four first responders.