List of United States military helicopters

This is a list of United States military helicopters

List

US military helicopters

Name	Role	Manufacturer	Image	Note	Year of first flight	Introduction	Number built
Sikorsky R-4	Helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		First USAF helicopter.	1942	?	131
Sikorsky H-5	Helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation			1943	1945-1957	300
Sikorsky R-6	Helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation	100px	World War II	1943	1945-1951	225
Kellett R-8	Experimental helicopter	Kellett Autogiro Corporation		Prototype. Program canceled 1946.	1944	never	2
Bell H-13 Sioux	Light observation helicopter	Bell Aircraft Corporation	100px	Bell 47 variant.	1945	1946-1974	2407
Kellett XR-10	Military transport helicopter	Kellett Autogiro Corporation	100px	Prototype. Program canceled 1949.	1947	never	2
Sikorsky S-52	Utility helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation			1947	1951-?	93
Kaman HH-43 Huskie	Firefighting/rescue	Kaman Aircraft			1947	1958-1973
Piasecki HUP	Utility helicopter	Piasecki Helicopter		The « Army Mule ».	1948	1949-1964	339
Hiller OH-23 Raven	Multipurpose light helicopter	Hiller Aircraft			1948	1950- ?	2000
Sikorsky H-19	Utility helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation			1949	1950- ?	1102
Vertol H-21	Cargo helicopter	Piasecki Helicopter			1952	1954-1967	707
Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave	Assault Transport	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		Large heavy lift helicopter used by the Army designated "Mojave" and Marines nicknamed "Deuce"	1953	1956-1969	153
De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle	Experimental rotorcraft	de Lackner Helicopters	100px	Prototype. Program canceled.	1954	never	12
Sikorsky H-34		Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		Anti-submarine warfare helicopter	1954	1954-1973	2108
Bell UH-1 Iroquois	Utility helicopter	Bell Aircraft Corporation	100px	The UH-1 was in the service of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.	1956	1959- in service	16000
Sikorsky S-62	SAR/utility helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation	100px	It was used by the United States Coast Guard.	1958	1961-1993	175
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King	ASW/SAR/utility helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		used as the official helicopters of the President of the United States Marine One	1959	1961-2006	1500
Sikorsky S-61R	Medium-lift transport/SAR helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		The S-61R served in the United States Air Force and in the United States Coast Guard.	1959	1961-in service	?
Kaman SH-2 Seasprite	Anti-submarine warfare helicopter	Kaman Aircraft	100px		1959	1962-2001	184
Boeing CH-47 Chinook	Transport helicopter	Boeing			1961	1962-in service	1180
Sikorsky CH-54	Heavy-lift cargo helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation			1962	1964-1991	105
Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight	Cargo helicopter	Boeing		It is used by the United States Marine Corps.	1962	1964-in service	524
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse	Light Observation Helicopter / Utility	Hughes Aircraft			1963	1966-in service	1420
MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird	Light Observation Helicopter	MD Helicopters		Used for special operations in the United States Army.	1963	1980-Present	?
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion	Heavy-lift cargo helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		Load capability of 35,000 pounds Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low, US Air Force variant.	1964	1966-in service	500
Bell AH-1 Cobra	Attack helicopter	Bell Helicopter Textron		Used in US Marine Corps	1965	1967-in service	1116
Bell 206	Multipurpose Utility helicopter	Bell Aircraft Corporation	100px		1966	1967-in service	7300
Bell OH-58 Kiowa	Observation/scout helicopter	Bell Aircraft Corporation		Five versions: OH-58A, OH-58C, OH58C/S, OH-58D, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior	1966	1969- in service	2200
Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne	Attack helicopter	Lockheed Corporation		Prototype. Program canceled 1972.	1967	Cancelled	10
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	Utility helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East..	1974	1979-in service	2600
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk	Combat Search and Rescue helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation			1974	1982-in service	101
Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota	Utility helicopter	Eurocopter	100px	Adapted from the Eurocopter EC145 and built in Columbus, Mississippi.	1999	2006-in service	250
Boeing AH-64 Apache	Attack helicopter	Hughes Aircraft,			1975	1984-in service	1174
Hughes MD 500 Defender	Light multi-role helicopter	Hughes Aircraft		based on the MD Helicopters MD 500 light utility helicopter.	1976	1976-in service	471
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk	Multimission maritime helicopter	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation		Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk variant.	1979	1984-in service	?
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey	V/STOL transport	Boeing/Bell			1989	2007-in service	160
Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche	Reconnaissance and attack helicopter	Boeing/Sikorsky		Prototype. Program canceled 2004.	1996	never	5
Bell UH-1Y Venom	Utility helicopter	Bell Aircraft Corporation		The UH-1Y Venom is currently in full-rate production to replace the UH-1N Twin Huey	2001	2008-in service	54
Bell ARH-70 Arapaho	Armed reconnaissance helicopter	Bell Aircraft Corporation		Prototype. Program canceled 2008.	2006	never	4
Piasecki X-49	Experimental high-speed compound helicopter	Piasecki Helicopter		Prototype under development.	2007		1

See also

• U.S. DoD aircraft designations table
• List of military aircraft of the United States

Bibliography

• (French) Philippe Poulet et Frédéric Ogeret, La fabuleuse histoire de l'hélicoptère, Éditions Mission Spéciale, 2007, 312 p. ISBN 978-2-9163-5714-0
• (French) Ouvrage collectif, L'Atlas des hélicoptères, Éditions Atlas, Éditions Glénat, 2002, 240 p. ISBN 2-7234-3368-4

External links

• 2012 Gallery of USAF Weapons includes numbers and types of USAF aircraft
• United States Navy Fact File page includes links to Fact File pages for USN manned and unmanned aircraft.
• United States Army 2010 Weapons System Handbook (PDF file, 41.6 mb) includes pages describing USA manned and unmanned aircraft.
• United States Coast Guard Aircraft and Cutters page includes links to descriptive pages for USCG manned and unmanned aircraft.