Students in the 89B Ammunition Supply Course connected a mock ammunition pallet to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Aug. 1, 2019, as part of sling-load training at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, ...
Picture this: an up-armored Humvee hanging below a Chinook helicopter as if it was meant to be there; around you are winds so strong they almost blow you over; the roaring sound of the helicopter's ...
Moody AFB leverages HH-60W Jolly Green II’s sling load capabilities for Agile Combat Employment. On Aug. 29, 2024, the 347th Operations Support Squadron at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia conducted ...
Because loads are carried at the end of a long tether, the K-MAX doesn’t actually touch down, it autonomously comes onto the landing area, when the weight is off the hook as the sling load sets down, ...
The Bell V-280 Valor Next Generation Tilt Rotor Aircraft has been involved in the testing of a new Tactical Data Link and external cargo loads. The first prototype of the V-280 Valor, registration ...