Sentences with phrase «u.s. military helicopter»

A U.S. military helicopter crashed after hitting a power line in Iraq's western Anbar province, killing all seven personnel aboard, the Pentagon said Friday.

«Black hawks downed: Bird threat to U.S. military helicopters revealed.»

Not exact matches

Héroux - Devtek, he notes, builds landing gear assemblies for the Lockheed Martin C - 130J Super Hercules, which remains a workhorse in the U.S. military, while CAE mostly provides flight simulators used mainly to train helicopter pilots.

Around the same time, Jónsdóttir developed ties to WikiLeaks by helping Julian Assange obtain and publish a classified U.S. military video showing a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad.

Hooper's announcement was welcomed at the air show, where U.S. companies are showcasing a wide range of military equipment, including Lockheed's F - 35 stealth fighter jet and its CH - 53K heavy - lift helicopter, and Boeing Co's CH - 47 Chinook twin - rotor helicopter.

U.S. Lieutenant General Charles Hooper, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, announced the change during an interview at the ILA Berlin Air Show, where Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co and U.S. companies are showcasing helicopters, fighter jets and other military equipment.

Rotary - wing aircraft, such as Apache and Chinook helicopters, play vital combat and logistical roles across the U.S. military services, but new research in the Wildlife Society Bulletin reveals how vulnerable these aircraft are to wildlife strikes.

Stars: Matt Barr, Charlie Barnett, Christina Ochoa, Nigel Thatch, Corbin Reid, Melissa Roxburgh, W. Tré Davis Producers: Bill Haber, Kyle Jarrow Premise: Set at a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions, the drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government / military secrets, and leading to a season - long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.

Electricity is also heavily utilised as the U.S. militaries defensive structures need a constant supply to operate, thus opponents will likely look to knock out power quickly in order to bring in helicopters and more.

It has some of the wealthiest communities in the nation, while others are quite the opposite; Hartford, for example is one of the 10 communities with the lowest per capita incomes in the U.S. Heavy industry is a key driver of the Connecticut economy, with production of transportation equipment, especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines; heavy industrial machinery and electrical equipment; military weaponry; fabricated metal products; chemical and pharmaceutical products; and scientific instruments.