chopper
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Watch how this small chopper flown inside a C-130 transport plane was used to rescue the U.S. aviator trapped in Iran after his F-15 was shot down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
"Five more minutes, and I would have left you," the pilot tells the reporters as they clamber back in, the chopper stuttering up and banking over the town's remains.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
"And no-one went to the spot that the chopper was hovering over until later that day when the police arrived."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
The men were part of a group battling a small blaze in Riverside when their chopper struck another helicopter in midair around 7:05 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
I had to grab Monaco to keep from falling toward the door as the chopper jerked into the air.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
Her mother-in-law once offered to spend $50,000 on her teeth but, like Queen Elizabeth II, she stuck with her OG choppers.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
"Preparation to supply more food and non-food relief items to the victims is underway," said Murkomen, adding: "Military and police choppers are on standby to transport the items."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
Her official Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey page even has the silhouette of a helicopter in the logo, while the choppers and the congresswoman in flight jacket feature prominently in the background of her sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Once the pages are printed, they are trucked to a nearby bindery and fed into a whirring machine of conveyors, choppers and hot glue.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Above them I could see the stack of medevac choppers.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
