From DefenseImagery.mil, an artist's concept of the Bell Aerospace Textron Mine Sweeper Hunter (MSH). In Fiscal Year 1984, the US Navy embarked upon a program to construct 17 minesweeper hunters of some 470 tons displacement that utilized surface-effect-ship and glass-reinforced plastic hull...
air cavalry
anti-tank
bellaerospacetextronbell helicopter company
close air support
cold war
early 1960s
experimental
helicopter gunship
late 1950s
prototype
u.s. army
united states army
‘Retractable Skidded’ AH-1 Cobra
When Bell first came up with the efficient and versatile Bell AH-1 Cobra combat helicopter design, it originally went one step further by incorporating a retractable skid arrangement. This arrangement featured the skid’s retracting into the narrow fuselage. I...
air cavalry
bellaerospacetextronbell helicopter company
close air support
cold war
helicopter gunship
late 1960s
prototype
u.s. army
united states army
vietnam war
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