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USAF HH-60W Jolly Green II going against the lethal Mi-24 Hind !.

This is the exact moment modern military history changed forever. 🇺🇸👇

​Before the Korean War, helicopters were mostly used for small rescue missions. But in 1951, the U.S. Marine Corps did something completely revolutionary.

​Watch this incredible 1951 newsreel showing USMC Sikorsky HRS-1 helicopters in absolute peak action during the Korean War. These brave pilots and crews pioneered "vertical envelopment"—flying troops and supplies directly into rugged mountain combat zones where trucks couldn’t go.
​They paved the way for every air assault mission that followed.

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