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helicopter

[hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-] / ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒp tər, ˈhi lɪ- /
NOUN
aircraft
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In another document the unnamed "senior U.S intelligence officer" provided his first-hand account of seeing phenomena from a military helicopter in 2025 at a location listed as "western United States".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Footage published by Centcom shows US marines rappelling from a helicopter on to the deck of a ship, said to be the oil tanker Celestial Sea, in the Gulf of Oman.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

A helicopter evacuated 11 employees of the National Park Service, which manages the island as part of the Channel Islands National Park, on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Malone called the Coast Guard, which sent a helicopter to hoist the man up, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

At an Army base in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, an elite helicopter squadron waited on high alert with one assignment.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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