Helicopter

Behind enemy lines: How US Air Force's well-oiled rescue machine operates

Since Vietnam, the US has successfully rescued thousands of downed aircrew members in hostile territory, including in Iraq and Bosnia, thanks to special helicopter models and pilot survival kits.

US Air Force crew work on a Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules before take-off from RAF Fairford on March 18, 2026 in Fairford, England.
A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3, 2026.

IAF destroys IRGC helicopter at airport, targets Basij operatives in western Iran

Iranian helicopter crash kills 4 in central Iran on February 24, 2026.

Four Iranian civilians killed after military helicopter crashes into market

HIKERS ENJOY the Israel National Trail at the dry Amud Stream Nature Reserve, near Kibbutz Hukuk in northern Israel, November 29, 2025.

Israeli teens find dead body on hiking trail, rescue units struggle to help


IDF rescue pilots describe harrowing conditions in flood rescue ops

The pilots conducting the rescue missions dealt with long flights in the dark with lightning, rains, winds and torrential streams.

An IAF Yasur helicopter, often used in search-and-rescue missions

Second Lebanon War helicopter pilot, rescuer reunited

In an emotional reunion before 850 American visitors on a Chabad Jewish Learning Institute mission, Gershony met senior paramedic Shimon Eliyah Abitbul.

  ISRAELI PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST NOAM GERSHONY MEETS MDA MEDIC THAT PULLED HIM OUT OF HELICOPTER WRECKAGE IN 2006

Could tanks, helicopters secure quiet in W. Bank with Palestinians? - analysis

There are many ideas, short of a messianic peace vision, that can help restore calm, but tanks and helicopters are either a tiny part or a nonexistent part of the solution.

Tank crews from the Seventh Brigade's 75th Battalion train with their new Merkava Mk. 4 tanks

Ukraine honors interior minister, other senior officials, killed in helicopter crash

Zelensky credits the fallen minister as being instrumental in efforts to defend Ukraine following Moscow's assault of Ukraine in February 2022.

 Memorial ceremony for Ukrainian interior minister, his deputy and officials who died in helicopter crash

Ukraine interior minister, 13 others, killed in helicopter crash

Ukraine's minister Denys Monastyrsky, his second-in-command and 14 other senior officials were killed. The cause of the crash is unknown.

 A view shows the site a where a helicopter falls on civil infrastructure buildings, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, January 18, 2023.

US Navy starts full-rate production of new CH-53K helicopter

Israel has purchased 12 of the new helicopters to replace its aging Yasur helicopter fleet.

The CH-53K King Stallion helicopter

The US army chose a new helicopter. Will Israel reconsider the V-22 now?

Countries like Israel and other American partners, whether Japan or countries in the Gulf, all will want a new generation of helicopters.

 Bell V-280 Valor hover demo, 2019 Alliance Air Show

Drone taxi takes first spin in Paris air traffic ahead of 2024 launch

The Volocopter's digital fly-by-wire system and multiple rotors make it much easier to fly than a traditional helicopter, the test pilot said.

 A Volocopter 2X drone taxi performs an integrated flight in conventional air traffic at Pontoise airfield in Cormeilles-en-Vexin, near Paris, France, November 10, 2022

US uses helicopter raid to kill ISIS operative in Syria -analysis

The target of the US helicopter raid was Rakkan Wahid al-Shammri, an ISIS official involved in smuggling weapons to other ISIS units.

A CH-53K helicopter

Elbit’s X-Sight helmet to let helicopter pilots fly with F-35 technology

The helmet uses AI and Augmented Reality to allow helicopter pilots to see through the body of the aircraft.

 Elbit’s X-Sight augmented-reality helmet-mounted display system