The U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment's famed Little Bird helicopters are now experiencing a "resurrection" in the wake of the cancellation of the Future Attack Reconnaissance ...
The Little Bird was originally designed as a scout helicopter for Army armored units, but since the early 1980s it has been used almost exclusively by the special operations community. It has an ...
The Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, or FARA, was seen as the solution. Planners expected that aircraft to begin replacing the Little Bird by the mid-2030s. But the service ...