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Helicopters enter service but stay out of public reach yet
In a summer milestone the Army Air Forces flew a helicopter 150 miles behind enemy lines in Burma to rescue six marooned fliers, two gravely injured, proving the helicopter’s arrival. Experts caution that civilian use remains years away as rotary wing tech remains complex, costly, and training intensive though military variants are in production and firms test commercial models.
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Army Air Forces
Burma
Igor Sikorsky
Art Young
Bell Aircraft
Army
AAF
Freeman Field
Indiana