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Meanings of attack helicopter in English

Russian
ударный вертолёт
Portuguese
helicópteros de ataque
Spanish
helicópteros artillados
Catalan
helicòpter d'atac

Aircraft class designed to attack ground targets with lift provided by a powered rotor.

Related terms
ударный вертолёт
Usage of attack helicopter in English
1
Forget the Blackwater cufflinks and the attack helicopter Hawaiian shirt.
Wired
2
Through the port hole, I see an Apache attack helicopter hovering in the distance.
The Irish Times
3
ODIN brought together IT gurus, image analysts, and drone pilots with attack helicopter forces charged.
Wired
4
So, I built this stealth attack helicopter.
Wired
5
A US Apache attack helicopter crashed in Iraq on Monday, killing its two-man crew, the US military said.
The Irish Times
6
From there, a Black Hawk attack helicopter would take them to the command post set up in Lewiston.
The missing
7
Israeli forces had opened fire on the pair with heavy gunfire and an attack helicopter, thinking they were Palestinian.
The Irish Times
8
The distant shadow grew in size, then was replaced with the distinct shape of an AH-l Cobra attack helicopter.
The balkan escape (short story): a cassiopeia vitt adventure
9
A Cobra attack helicopter and a Sea Knight went down in a heavily wooded area during joint US British manoeuvres.
The Irish Times
10
My idea of a fair fight is one unarmed, toothless, nearsighted old monkey versus me with a Blackhawk attack helicopter.
Seize the night
11
The Defence Force maintains nine insurgents were killed, but admits civilians may have died when a U.S. attack helicopter misfired.
Radio NZ
12
It remained unclear who had carried out the attack or whether it came from a military vessel or an attack helicopter.
Radio NZ
13
Indonesia has 236 Boeing commercial passenger planes on order and operates the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
Reuters
14
Sikorsky's X2 will be the starting point for a new light attack helicopter being developed for the Army's Armed Aerial Scout program.
Wired
15
He undertook his first tour of Afghanistan in late 2007, and then went on to train as an Apache attack helicopter pilot.
Reuters
16
The third in line to the throne has already learnt to fly the British Army's Apache attack helicopter back in the UK.
BBC