attack helicopter
Weaponized military chopper
An attack helicopter is a military aircraft designed for armed combat, equipped with weapons like missiles, rockets, and guns to engage ground targets and provide close air support.
The Apache and Cobra are well-known examples.
In internet slang, "I identify as an attack helicopter" became a mocking phrase used to ridicule non-binary gender identities—now widely recognized as transphobic.
Aircraft lifted by blades
- gunshipArmed support aircraft
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- aviationFlying or operating aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
fuselage · tail rotor · turboshaft · hover · vertical flight · airborne · pilot · flight
Aircraft fire aiding troops
- air assaultAttack delivered from aircraft
- strafing runLow-altitude aerial assault
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
escort · fire mission · gun run · search and destroy · interdiction · overwatch · insertion · extraction
Self-propelled guided weapons
- rocketsPropulsion-driven flying vehicles
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- machine gunContinuous-fire arm
- chain gunMotor-driven automatic firearm
minigun · autocannon · hellfire · hydra · ordnance · munitions · ammunition · firepower
Southwestern indigenous nation
- TigerFierce personal name
- ComancheSouthern Plains indigenous nation
- Little BirdUnnamed confidential source
Limber and quick-moving
- maneuverableCapable of being steered
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
- responsiveQuick to react
armored · survivable · all-weather · infrared · thermal imaging · countermeasures · flares · chaff
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- flankingAt the sides of
- suppressive fireShooting to restrict enemy movement
- target acquisitionLocating and identifying an objective
rotorcraft
Aircraft lifted by blades
cockpit · fuselage · tail rotor · turboshaft · hover · vertical flight · airborne · pilot · flight · takeoff
close air support
Aircraft fire aiding troops
- air assaultAttack delivered from aircraft
- strafing runLow-altitude aerial assault
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
reconnaissance · escort · fire mission · gun run · search and destroy · interdiction · overwatch · insertion · extraction · medevac
missiles
Self-propelled guided weapons
- rocketsPropulsion-driven flying vehicles
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- machine gunContinuous-fire arm
chain gun · minigun · autocannon · hellfire · hydra · ordnance · munitions · ammunition · firepower · turret
Apache
Southwestern indigenous nation
- TigerFierce personal name
- ComancheSouthern Plains indigenous nation
- Little BirdUnnamed confidential source
agile
Limber and quick-moving
- maneuverableCapable of being steered
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
responsive · armored · survivable · all-weather · infrared · thermal imaging · countermeasures · flares · chaff
evasive maneuvers
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- flankingAt the sides of
- suppressive fireShooting to restrict enemy movement
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- helicopterschopper, rotorcraft, copter, helo, medevac
- Anti-tankanti-tank gun, RPG, bazooka, bazookas, javelin
- Military Strikesairstrike, air strike, drone strike, missile strike, surgical strike
- military aircraftfighter jets, F-16, fighter, F-18, bomber
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Rotorcraft for hauling loads
medevac helicopter · cargo helicopter · troop transport · troop carrier · Black Hawk
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Aircraft for aerial journalism
tour helicopter · air ambulance · police helicopter · glider · hot air balloon
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