Model Aircraft – September 2019

B

oeing’s AH-6 is a series of light

helicopters mainly used for special

operations by the US Army. Its

development began in the early

1960s as a light observation

helicopter, also able to perform personal

transport or attack operations. The 160th

Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR),

also known as the ‘Night Stalkers’ are main user

of this small helicopter. It is used for attack,

assault and reconnaissance tasks, mainly

at night, in full speed, low attitudes and on

short notice. Due to its small size compared to

the other aircraft of the 160th SOAR (MH-60,

MH-47) it received its call sign ‘Little Bird’ and

went into action in conlicts all around the

world such as

Somalia, Iran and

Iraq. The ‘Little Bird’

was also part of the well-

known operation near the Olympic Hotel

in Mogadishu, Somalia which was ilmed in

the movie ‘Black Hawk Down’. Kitty Hawk

ofers the AH-6J as a wonderfully detailed

Night Stalkers

Little Bird

Michael Franz builds the 1:34 Kitty Hawk Boeing AH-6J

Manufacturer: Kitty Hawk

Scale: 1: 35

K i t Ty p e: Plastic injection moulded with etch

Kit Number: KH50003

AH-6J/MH6-J Little Bird – Night Stalkers

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