Because it is a small, mobile service that must make the most of every asset, the Marine Corps in the 1940s and early 1950s began to use the utility helicopter as a weapon system. Very quickly it became obvious that the “chopper” offered Corps commanders unprecedented flexibility in moving ground forces much faster than by surface transportation.
V/Stol for the U.S. Marines
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 50 , 5 ; 19-22
1978-05-01
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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