Both the Black Hawk and the Seahawk are military helicopters built by Sikorsky, and while their platforms are similar, there are major differences between them.
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The Bombardier Global 7500 is a massive private jet, but it's far from the largest. These private aircraft dwarf it in size and cabin space.
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The ATR 72 turboprop is one of the most prolific passenger and cargo planes ever created and has a long legacy stretching back to the 1980s.
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Boeing may be best known by the general public for passenger jets like the 747, but it also has a long history of developing important military aircraft too.
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The Pave Hawk helicopter -- sibling to the famous Black Hawk -- took its final flight this month before officially entering retirement. Here's what happened.
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Boeing has been at the helm for some of the greatest fighter aircraft ever manufactured, but not all of them are winners.
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Modern warfare continues to lean heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles, with extremely nimble AI-controlled drones becoming increasingly common.
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After being rescued from a Toronto, Canada farmstead, one WWII-era fighter plane is slowly being pieced back together in a driveway in Oxfordshire, England.
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Which WWII warbirds dominated the edge of space? Discover five combat aircraft engineered with extreme service ceilings to rule high-altitude skies.
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One aircraft model maker spent over $38,000 building a very accurate F-14 Tomcat RC model aircraft and it looks just like the real thing (only smaller).
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The United States built nearly 300,000 aircraft for the Second World War, and these WWII-era planes required massive amounts of all types of materials.
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The U.S. Navy has chosen a company to build its newest fighter jets, and while this represents a major milestone, it's unclear when the jets will be ready.
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'Zero Dark Thirty' is about the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. The film's helicopters were so detailed it was hard to tell if they were real.
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Black Hawks are fast, but these military helicopters can fly even faster, from the AH-1Z Viper to the experimental SB>1 Defiant.
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Very few birds can actually soar at heights above 20,000 feet, with most keeping below 500 feet. This collision occurred all the way up at 37,000 feet.
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The SR-71 Blackbird has not flown for decades, but recent developments suggest that the iconic spy plane may just return to the skies in the future.
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From Morgan Freeman's SyberJet to Steven Spielberg's Gulfstream, these Hollywood private jets cost tens of millions of dollars.
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Bird strikes have been an ever-present danger to aviators since man first took powered flight, and this includes the possibility of hitting fighter aircraft.
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While they both bear the AH mission design series classification of attack helicopter, the AH-1 Cobra and AH-64 Apache are two very different weapons platforms.
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A lot can happen on a fishing trip, but even the hardiest fisherman probably never expects to bring up a drone. That, however, is exactly what happened here.
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As cheap combat drones down multimillion-dollar aircraft, are crewed choppers obsolete? Discover why military experts say their role is shifting.
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The USAF intends to phase out the MQ-9 Reaper drone and has no shortage of potential replacements, including this new offering from Swarm Aero.
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While the U.S. military constantly improves its aircraft like the F-35, the new electronics and sensors create more heat. Better cooling may be on the way.
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While the United States Navy owns a number of aircraft for various situations and scenarios, most aviators are trained using just a handful of those.
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When the conversation is about attack helicopters, or other heavily armored helicopters, the term "gunship" gets used quite frequently. Why this word?
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Sikorsky's Raider X seemed like an ideal replacement for the Kiowa Warrior scout chopper before the U.S. Army cancelled it in 2024. Here's why.
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The iconic F-22 Raptor is a key part of the U.S. Air Force's arsenal, but it plays no role in the Marines' operations. Here's why they fly the F-35B instead.
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