Why U.S. Army Helicopters Have Native American Names? #shorts
37,726Have you ever wonder that Apache, Black Hawk, Chinook and other U.S. army helicopters, are all named after Native American tribes, but why?
The U.S. military has a long history with Native Americans. Armed conflicts between the two were commonly known as the American Indian Wars or American frontier wars, and were fought intermittently from the time the U.S. was first settled by Europeans in early 1600s to early in the 20th century. But Native Americans also served as some of the fiercest fighters for the United States for more than 200 years. In fact, 32 Native Americans have earned the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor.
Well, awl you need to know is that according to an Army museum official, the naming convention goes back to year 1947, when Army General Hamilton Howze was assigned to Army aviation. His mission was to develop doctrine and the way forward when it came to employing Army aircraft and how they would support warfighters on the ground. Howze wasn’t a fan of the names of the first two helicopters, the Hoverfly and Dragonfly. So, he laid out instructions for naming the helicopters after their abilities. He said since the helicopters were fast and agile, they would attack enemy flanks and fade away, similar to the way the tribes fought during the American Indian Wars. He decided the next helicopter produced -- the well-known H-13, would be called the Sioux in honor of the Native Americans who defeated the 7th Calvary Regiment at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
That’s likely how Army Regulation 70-28 was created in 1969. According to Army Regulation 70-28, Army aircraft were specifically categorized as requiring “names of American Indian tribes and chiefs." Names to choose from were provided by the desk of Indian Affairs.
like the U H 72A Lakota is named after the Lakota tribe of the Great Sioux Nation in the states of North and South Dakota.
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