Become A Pilot

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UH-60A/L Black Hawk Helicopter

Armament:2x 7.62mm machine guns

Speed:150 kt

Range:320 nm

Max Load:2640 lbs (or 11 combat-equipped troops)

Crew:4 (2 pilots; 2 crew chiefs)


CH-47D Chinook

Armament: 3x M240 7.62 machine guns

Propulsion: 2x Lycoming T55-GA-714A turboshaft

Max Speed: 184 mph

Range: 400 mi

Troop Capacity: 36 (33 troops plus 3 crew members)

Sling-Load Capacity: 26,000 lb center hook


OH-58D Kiowa Warrior


Armament: Air-to-air Stinger; .50 caliber machine gun; HYDRA 70 rockets; HELLFIRE missiles Crew: 2 Max Speed: 128 mph Range: 299 miles

The OH-58 Kiowa Warrior conducts armed reconnaissance, security, target acquisition and designation, command and control, light attack and defensive air combat missions in support of combat and contingency operations.

MH-47 Chinook

Armament: 2x M134 7.62mm miniguns; 2x M240D 7.62mm machine gun Crew: Pilot, Co-pilot + 3 crew chiefs/gunners Propulsion: 2xTextron Lycoming T55-4-714 Turboshaft engines Max Speed: 259 kph Range: 1382 km

The MH-47 Chinook and its “E,” “D” and “G” variants are the primary heavy lift transport helicopters for the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The MH-47 differs from its CH-47 sister model with its incorporation of combat systems designed to make the helicopter more survivable on missions deep in enemy territory and during nighttime, low-level flight.


UH-72A Lakota

Crew: 2 pilots Capacity: 8 troops or 2 stretchers and medical crew Propulsion: 2x Turbomeca Arriel 1E2 turboshafts Maximum speed: 167 mph Range: 426 mi

The UH-72A is a twin-engined light duty helicopter. It is equipped with a single 4-bladed main rotor and a single 2-bladed tail rotor mounted on the left-hand side of the tail assembly. The helicopters tail unit is mounted high with a pair of non-moving horizontal stabilizers mounted below the tail rotor. In addition, there are twin vertical stabilizers mounted on the outside edges of the horizontal stabilizers, thus effectively boxing in the tail rotor, enabling the safe loading and unloading of the cargo area. Basic crew consists of a pilot and co-pilot.


MH-6 Little Bird

 Armament: Guns: 1× 30 mm M230 Chain Gun; or 2× .50 cal GAU-19; or 2× 7.62 mm M134 Minigun; 2× LAU-68D/A rocket pods; Hydra 70 rockets; 2× AGM-114 Hellfire; 2× FIM-92 Stinger Crew: 2 Capacity: up to 6 passengers Maximum speed: 152 knots Range: 232 nm

Flown by the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the MH-6 Little Bird is primarily used to insert special operations forces onto rooftops or on narrow roadways. Based on the (Hughes) McDonnell Douglas MD369, the MH-6 Little Bird and its attack variant AH-6 carries three commandos on bench seats mounted to the side doors of the helicopter.


AH-64 Apache Longbow

Armament: 30 mm M230 Chain Gun; Hydra 70 mm and CRV7 70 mm air-to-ground rockets; AGM-114 Hellfire; AIM-92 Stinger Crew: 2 (pilot, and co-pilot/gunner) Propulsion: 2 × T700-GE-701C turboshafts Max Speed: 227 mph Range: 300 miles

Conducts rear, close, and shaping missions including deep precision strike. Conducts distributed operations, precision strikes against relocatable targets, and provides armed reconnaissance when required in day, night, obscured battlefield and adverse weather conditions.


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