Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Valérie André in Tonkin, 1952: ‘a one-woman MASH unit’ - alamy ​Valérie André, who has died aged 102, was a brain ...

Attack helicopters have evolved into modern, high-powered combat platforms, capable of executing precise strikes with deadly efficiency. From their introduction with the AH-1 Cobra to their role today ...

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, ...

Helicopters aren't the fastest things flying through the air, but they aren't all lumbering beasts either. While they're not supersonic like some jet airplanes, many military helicopters fly through ...

A Sikorsky R-6A from an Aircraft Repair Unit, converted Liberty Ships, transports wounded on Luzon in 1945 (Wikimedia Commons). Between June 15 and July 29, 1945, six Army Air Forces pilots flying ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war of ...

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. Fighters against ...

Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with the Hellenic Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection for the purchase of 8 H215 helicopters (with an option for 2 additional aircraft) to support ...

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has explained why the administration of President Bola Tinubu is more favourably disposed to having combat helicopters deployed for the war against ...