List[edit]

Name

US military helicopters
Note

Introduction

Number
built

First USAF helicopter.

1942

131

1943

1945-1957

300

Role

Manufacturer

Sikorsky R-4

Helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

Sikorsky H-5

Helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

Sikorsky R-6

Helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

World War II

1943

1945-1951

225

Experimental helicopter

Kellett Autogiro
Corporation

Prototype. Program
canceled 1946.

1944

never

Bell H-13
Sioux

Light observation
helicopter

Bell Aircraft
Corporation

Bell 47 variant.

1945

1946-1974

2407

Kellett XR-10

Military transport
helicopter

Kellett Autogiro
Corporation

Prototype. Program
canceled 1949.

1947

never

Kellett R-8

Image

Year
of
first
flight

Sikorsky S-52

Utility helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

1947

1951-?

Kaman HH-43
Huskie

Firefighting/rescue

Kaman Aircraft

1947

1958-1973[1]

Piasecki HUP

Utility helicopter

Piasecki Helicopter

1948

1949-1964

339

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 CH37 Mojave

Assault Transport

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

1953

1956-1969

153

Hiller OH-23
Raven

The Army Mule .

Large heavy lift

helicopter used by the
Army designated
"Mojave" and Marines

93

nicknamed "Deuce"

De Lackner
HZ-1
Aerocycle

de Lackner
Helicopters

Prototype. Program
canceled.

1954

never

12

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

Anti-submarine
warfare helicopter

1954

1954-1973

2108

Utility helicopter

Bell Aircraft
Corporation

The UH-1 was in the

service of the U.S.
Army during the
Vietnam War.

1956

1959- in service

16000

SAR/utility helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

It was used by the

United States Coast
Guard.

1958

1961-1993

175

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

used as the official

helicopters of the
President of the
United States Marine
One

1959

1961-2006

1500

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

The S-61R served in

the United States Air

1959

1961-in service

Experimental rotorcraft

Sikorsky H-34

Bell UH-1
Iroquois

Sikorsky S-62

Sikorsky SH-3 ASW/SAR/utility

Sea King
helicopter

Sikorsky S61R

Medium-lift
transport/SAR

Force and in the

United States Coast
Guard.

helicopter
Kaman SH-2
Seasprite

Anti-submarine warfare
helicopter

Kaman Aircraft

1959

1962-2001

184

Boeing CH-47
Chinook

Transport helicopter

Boeing

1961

1962-in service

1180

Sikorsky CH54

Heavy-lift cargo
helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

1962

1964-1991

105

1962

1964-in service

524

1963

1966-in service

1420

Boeing CH-46
Sea Knight

Cargo helicopter

Boeing

Hughes OH-6
Cayuse

Light Observation
Helicopter / Utility

Hughes Aircraft

It is used by the
United States Marine
Corps.

MD
Helicopters
MH-6 Little
Bird

Light Observation
Helicopter

MD Helicopters

Used for special

operations in the
United States Army.

1963

1980-Present

1964

1966-in service

500

1965

1967-in service

1116

1966

1967-in service

7300

Bell Aircraft
Corporation

Five versions: OH58A, OH-58C,

OH58C/S, OH-58D,
OH-58D Kiowa
Warrior

1966

1969- in service

2200

Lockheed

Prototype. Program

1967

Cancelled

10

Sikorsky CH53 Sea

Stallion

Heavy-lift cargo
helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

Load capability of
35,000 pounds [2]
Sikorsky MH-53 Pave
Low, US Air Force
variant.[3]

Bell AH-1
Cobra

Attack helicopter

Bell Helicopter
Textron

Used in US Marine
Corps

Multipurpose Utility
helicopter

Bell Aircraft
Corporation

Bell 206

Bell OH-58
Kiowa

Observation/scout
helicopter

Lockheed AH- Attack helicopter

56 Cheyenne

Corporation

canceled 1972.[4]
Black Hawks have
served in combat
during conflicts in
Grenada, Panama,
Iraq, Somalia, the
Balkans, Afghanistan,
and other areas in the
Middle East..

Sikorsky UH60 Black

Hawk

Utility helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

Sikorsky HH60 Pave

Hawk[5]

Combat Search and

Rescue helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

Eurocopter
UH-72 Lakota

Utility helicopter

Eurocopter

Boeing AH-64
Apache

Attack helicopter

Hughes Aircraft,

Hughes MD
500 Defender

Light multi-role
helicopter

Hughes Aircraft

1974

1979-in service

2600

1974

1982-in service

101

Adapted from the

Eurocopter EC145
1999
and built in Columbus,
Mississippi.

2006-in service

250

1975

1984-in service

1174

1976

1976-in service

471

based on the MD
Helicopters MD 500

light utility helicopter.

Sikorsky SH60 Seahawk

Multimission maritime
helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation

Sikorsky UH-60 Black

Hawk variant.

1979

1984-in service

1989

2007-in service

160

Bell Boeing VV/STOL transport

22 Osprey

Boeing/Bell

BoeingReconnaissance and
Sikorsky RAHattack helicopter
66 Comanche

Boeing/Sikorsky

Prototype. Program
canceled 2004.[6]

1996

never

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

Armed reconnaissance
helicopter

Bell Aircraft
Corporation

Prototype. Program
canceled 2008.[7]

2006

never

Experimental highspeed compound

helicopter

Piasecki Helicopter

Prototype under
development.

2007

Bell UH-1Y
Venom

Bell ARH-70
Arapaho

Piasecki X-49