Today’s SOFREP Pic of the Day features a Rhodesian Air Force Aérospatiale Alouette III gunship during a Fire Force operation in the Bush War, circa 1970s. At first glance, the photograph looks simple.

An Aerospatiale SA315B helicopter, N3978Y, operated by the U.S. Forest Service was destroyed Wednesday when it crashed during a fire-fighting mission near Estes Park, Colo. The pilot and sole occupant ...

It wasn’t until World War II when helicopters began to be widely used in military settings. By the Vietnam War, the technology for helicopters had improved greatly and they were heavily used during ...

NTSB board meeting this week will focus on two sightseeing helicopter accidents that occurred on the Hawaiian island of Kauai on Sept. 24, 2004, crash of a Bell 206B helicopter at Kalaheo, and the ...

The failures to replace the fleet have left a massive capability gap, forcing the military to continue operating sub-optimal, ...