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AH-6 Little Bird (wallpaper 3). AH-6 Little Bird aircraft images wallpaper gallery 3. AH-6 Little Bird airplane pictures and images collection 3. Helicopter Aircraft. The architects of the task force identified the need for a small helicopter to land in the most restrictive locations and could be easily transported on Air Force airlifters. They chose the OH-6A scout helicopter, and it became known as the Little Bird compared to the other aircraft in the task force, the UH-60A and the CH-47C. As a separate part of the project, armed OH-6As were being developed at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The pilots selected to fly the OH-6A helicopters came from the 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion and were sent to the Mississippi Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) at Gulfport, Mississippi, for two weeks of qualification training in the aircraft. When the training was completed, C-141 aircraft transported the aircraft and crews to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, for two weeks of mission training. The mission training consisted of loading onto C-130 transport aircraft which would then transport them to forward staging areas over routes as long as 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km). AH-6 Little Bird (wallpaper 3). AH-6 Little Bird aircraft images wallpaper gallery 3. AH-6 Little Bird airplane pictures and images collection 3. The armed OH-6 aircraft from Fort Rucker joined the training program in the fall of 1980. Two special operations versions of the OH-6A are the AH-6C "Little Bird" armed variant, and the MH-6B transport/utility version. The AH-6 Little Bird can be outfitted with 2.75-in. rockets, a 7.62 minigun, Hellfire missiles, a 30 mm cannon and a .50-caliber machine gun. The AH-6 Little Bird Gun, a light attack helicopter, has been tested and proven in combat. The AH-6 is designed for light attack, close air support and direct attack for special operations forces in adverse weather and at night. The AH-6 can carry a wide array of weapons mounted on Aerocrafter Plank weapons carriers. It provides armed helicopter support to both ground and air special operations. The unrefueled range of the AH-6 is 250 nautical miles. This small tactical helicopter is flown by units of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. It can cruise at speeds of 160 mph and is a derivation of the old OH-6 "Cayuse." Among the weapons it can carry is the TOW missile and the aircraft can be equipped with two weapon pods on each side of the fuselage plus a telescopic nose sight for the gunner and a steering indicator for the pilot. A 30 mm chain gun can be fired at rates of up to 750 rounds per minute. Early versions of the Little Bird were originally developed from the OH-6A and include the AH-6C and EH-6B and MH-6B, all powered by a single Allison T-63 252 SHP engine. Later versions are based on the successful Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) MD-500/MD-530 series helicopters. Most aircraft have been rebuilt to a common standard, AH-6H, and are fitted with a 425 SHP Allison 250-C30 turboshaft engines. AH-6 Little Bird (wallpaper 3). AH-6 Little Bird aircraft images wallpaper gallery 3. AH-6 Little Bird airplane pictures and images collection 3.