Convair’s Model 49 was a 1960s proposal for an Army escort aircraft that combined vertical takeoff with the speed and firepower of a fixed-wing aircraft. Its enclosed, counter-rotating rotors and ...

It was not immediately clear whether the Apache was shot down by Iranian fire, experienced mechanical failure, or encountered some other problem. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the ...

The idea of a vehicle that could achieve vertical flight — also known as a helicopter — has been around much longer than you might think. The Chinese created a kite with a rotary wing that produced ...

A drone boat picked up two US Army pilots from waters near the Strait of Hormuz after their helicopter gunship went down, US military officials said. The incident apparently represents the first time ...

Ukrainian military managed to strike a modernized Russian Mi-28 attack helicopter with an anti-aircraft FPV drone, the 115th ...

DUBAI — A US Army Apache helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, and the two crew members were safely rescued, The New York Times reported citing informed sources. It was not ...