(1) a helicopter gunship(2) A government office that had been taken over by the militiamen and used to store ammunition was strafed by a helicopter gunship and then reduced to rubble by tank fire.(3) The warplane strike and the helicopter gunship have become prime weapons in the US war against the urban guerrillas.(4) In the meantime, there were repeated air strikes on the city from US warplanes and helicopter gunships .(5) It stands to reason that the Philippine armed forces contained the rebellion by pounding the rebels with helicopter gunships and bombers.(6) Under the covering fire of the gunships , troop-carrying helicopters raced into the airstrip.(7) Later, coordinated tactics between gunships and other helicopters led to the use of color-coded teams.(8) Tight control of jet aircraft and helicopter gunships is necessary to avoid fratricide.(9) They were supplied with weapons and air support from helicopter gunships and Antonov bombers.(10) Just beyond the camp is a large airfield where dozens of helicopter gunships and MiG fighter jets are protected by concrete bomb shelters.(11) The warplanes and helicopter gunships were ready, their crews primed to deliver precision strikes.(12) Helicopter gunships and jet fighters used the opportunity to carry out strafing and bombing runs over suspected Iraqi positions.(13) The remaining fighters could offer little resistance against helicopter gunships , tanks and overwhelming troop numbers.(14) He said that helicopter gunships and navy patrol boats had strafed the communities, and that scores of civilians had been killed.(15) Army helicopter gunships and MiG fighter planes lead the attacks but cannot distinguish between hardened officers and fresh abductees.(16) The city was also pounded by fire from helicopter gunships , jet fighters, tanks and machine guns.
