{"product_id":"9781473894860","title":"United States Military Helicopters: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives","description":"The helicopter came on the scene too late to play other than a minor role in the Second World War but by the Korean conflict the Bell H-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven, and Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw were in service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in Vietnam that the US military helicopters really came into their own and the best known were the Bell UH-1 Iriquois (known as the Huey), the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, and the massive CH-37 Mojave.  The USAF combat search and rescue Jolly Green Giant was indispensable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttack helicopters have evolved from the early Huey Cobra or Snake and the Boeing AH-64 Apache in the late 80s to when the Sikorsky UH-60 series became the military general purpose chopper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll these formidable aircraft and many more are covered in detail in this superbly illustrated and comprehensive book.","brand":"Pen and Sword","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167553110256,"sku":"9781473894860","price":14.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473894860_p0.jpg?v=1769893293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473894860","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}