Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Stealth helicopter used in Osama raid ...

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BILL SWEETMAN: AVWK

A previously undisclosed, classified stealth helicopter apparently was part of the U.S. task force that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 1.

The exact type of helicopter is unknown but it appears to be a highly modified version of an H-60 Blackhawk. Photos disseminated via the European PressPhoto agency and attributed to an anonymous stringer show that the helicopter’s tail features stealth-configured shapes on the boom and the tail rotor hub fairings, swept stabilizers and a “dishpan” cover over a five-or-six-blade tail rotor. It has a silver-loaded infrared suppression finish similar to that seen on V-22s.

"Stealthy V-22" photographed in Amarillo by Steve Douglass. Note the silver finish - very much like the F-22 Raptor:



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