[JohnBrowdie]

huey?

[Joe 6-pack]

I remember my first ride in a Chinook. Shortly after takeoff when we had entered level flight, the crew chief came back, started pulling panels off the side and began tightening, loosening and adjusting things, checking guages, etc.

I later learned it's part of their routine in-flight check list, but when you aren't aware of that, it can be a bit distressing.

[rjsimmon]

What tribe was the Cobra?

[READINABLUESTATE]

Ojibwe?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Still waiting for the Hekawi. It’ll be a very small chopper. Maybe a one man gyrocopter.

[rdcbn]

Truth be told, historically, far more Native American tribes fought allied on the side of US military than fought against it.

American Indians were historically in a constant state of conflict, if not open warfare, with each other. It was brutal and unspeakable atrocities and torture was the norm.

Many tribes. allied themselves with colonists for mutual protection against the more aggressive attackers.

While it is undeniable that disease killed many native Americans, disease also killed many colonists as well. Genocide was not the norm and many of the Native Americans simply were assimilated into colonial life .

In short, they are not gone, they are us

[Retain Mike]

I don’t think the statement that Eli Parker, the only Native American to reach general's rank is correct. Stand Watie was the last Confederate general in the field to surrender.

Stand Watie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_Watie#Civil_War_service

[Telepathic Intruder]

I’m surprised white liberals haven’t berated Native Americans yet for allowing their tribes to be portrayed as helicopters.

[Dr. Sivana]

These names must promote confidence in the abilities of the helicopter or plane

Apache inspires a lot more confidence than IIS.

I hadn't known Chinook was a tribe, my Canadian wife frequently uses it to refer to a warm front of air coming into an area (sort of the opposite of a nor-easter).

[TexasFreeper2009]

many forget that many indians also fought along side us against the French and the British.

[Towed_Jumper]

I was from the “Huey era” of Army aviation. The saying then was that there were two kinds of soldiers in the Army - those who have crashed in a helicopter, and those who are going to crash in a helicopter.

;>)

[scottinoc]

When the Army gets a new helicopter (or fixed-wing aircraft)

I'd rather ride in an aircraft whose wings have never been broken--Bob Hope

[yarddog]

I was just outside burning some trash when I heard a helicopter. Probably from Ft. Rucker and he was really high. Surprising how much noise they can make.

Before I went back indoors, I heard another familiar sound. Finally saw it. An AC-130 or some other type Hercules. Definitely headed to Eglin or Hurlburt.

Pretty unusual to see one in bright sunlight and not near dusk.

[mkleesma]

Ah yes, the gallant Sikorsky tribe.

:-)

[Agatsu77]

The Cobra was intended to be the Iroquois Warrior but somewhere along the line someone decided that Cobra sounded scarier.

[IndispensableDestiny]

AR 70-28 was entitled “ASSIGNING POPULAR NAMES TO MAJOR ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT.” It covered all things; tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, etc. It’s how “Abrams” and “Patriot” came about.

[Fiji Hill]

The Black Hawk helicopter was named after an Indian chief, not a tribe. Black Hawk was the name of two famous chiefs who were unrelated.

The first Black Hawk led the Sac and Fox tribes in an uprising in Illinois and Wisconsin in 1832—the last Indian war fought east of the Mississippi.

From 1865 to 1872, another Black Hawk, a Ute chief, led the Utes, Navajos, Apaches and Paiutes in a war against Mormon settlers in Utah. Both conflicts are known as the Black Hawk War although the earlier conflict is much better known.

[Bringbackthedraft]

OH 23 Raven?

[TangoLimaSierra]

Waiting for the Flathead attack helo.

[The Great RJ]

The US Navy also used the names of Indian tribes for smaller ships. However, I think the Navy should honor war chiefs by naming warships after them. Imagine USS Crazy Horse