Nicknames
 

and ... with the possible exception of the Huey, can't you see just how silly they are?

Head to Head with Hind
 

Whiskey ACM against Hind
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...-an-mi-24-hind


cheers

ACM.....looked more like some formation flying and some photo opportunities.

Now equip both sets of aircraft with simulated weapons as used in Aggressor Training for the FJ's to include on the Door Guns and you would have my full attention.

Memory serves me the USAF shot down a US Army Blackhawk (maybe two) in Iraq using F-15's.

Yes - 2. Mistaken for Hinds. Killed a bunch of pax too.

Don't forget there was another 'Blackhawk', it being the Sikorsky S 67, so the H 60 family should be the 'Blackhawk 11'.

I seem to recall Westland's trying to set up production of the Blackhawk at Yeovil in the mid '80s together with a re-engined UK version called the WS70; a provisional order of 88 aircraft were signed for by Saudi Arabia and just 2 aircraft were assembled and flown, one with Rolls Royce engines but lack of government funding as the EH101 was being developed meant the project just died.
Anyway what was wrong with the Westland W30?

It's worth saying over a year later:


Some of them were from allied nations and part of the UN Missions in Northern Iraq in support of Kurds, after Desert Storm. If memory serves, 26 souls lost.

Admittedly the US Naval Aviation community have some nick names for their aircraft too.

One such among several is the Phrog......the Boeing Vertol CH-46.

Kadena
 

33rd RQS receives theirs

https://www.kadena.af.mil/News/Artic...ove-to-kadena/


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a06afd52b.jpeg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0651e2a3d.jpeg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bf7310a92.jpeg
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920th Rescue Wing receives theirs
 

https://www.afrc.af.mil/News/Article...ii-helicopter/

cheers

Chevvron, I heard a differing version of the WS-70 situation, but it ended with the Saudis buying standard UH-60s thru the US State Dept FMS ( Foreign Military Sales ) Program, wherein countries friendly to the US buy equipment at the same price as the US Military pays. Pretty sure that applies to spares etc as well.

Jesus Christ is there any job that thing couldn't do in our military service? And if it couldn't then a Chinook would come in and do it instead?

4 squadrons of those would be a game changer.

WWW

It's not Westland/Airbus/Leo/Yeovil. End of.

CG

Chopper 2004, I think all those who became aware of the wartime rescues performed by the original Jollies and their A1 escorts will cheer on the designation Jolly Green.
You know, a lot of folks have a frame of reference re pilot rescues during the Korean War created by the Bridges of Toko-Ri movie. But the fact is that the USAF also flew Sikorsky S-51s doing rescues and one of those pilots, Cliff Brown, joined the test pilot office at Sikorsky afterwards. He did perform a rescue which had some humorous aspects, such that one day after the Vietnam war was winding down, we were visited by some of the Son Tay rescue raid pilots and they came looking to meet Cliff as his rescue from Korea had created some celebrated notoriety. Will send separately.