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

The Coast Guard swimmer who jumped time and again from a chopper into the raging waters of the July 2025 Texas flood, saving 165 lives, was also honored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The process is called long-lining, and the skier is typically bundled in a basket that’s lifted by a cable lowered from the chopper.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 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

An hour later the chopper set down at Tribhuvan International Airport, and we stepped out the door into a thicket of microphones and television cameras.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer