Aviation
Tiny folding Little Bird helicopter aided U.S. aviator rescue in Iran
U.S. special operations forces used compact, foldable AH-6 Little Bird helicopters to extract two American crew members from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle deep inside Iranian territory, completing the rescue on April 4, 2026, two days after the jet was shot down. The helicopters were transported in pieces aboard MC-130 cargo planes, reassembled at a […]
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Kade Winslow
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