The male protagonist claimed to be the Armoured Calvary. To be precise, it should be the 2nd ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment) of the US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Of course, the previous cavalry was modernized and turned into armored cavalry. During the Gulf War, it was the first US military to enter Iraq. Ground troops in the territory. In the film, he and his comrades often shouted "Hu-ah", which is the slogan of the Rangers.
The helicopter model that Meg Ryan drives is Bell UH-1 Iroquois , and the earliest abbreviation is HU-1, so the nickname in the US military is Huey. The name was officially changed to UH-1 in 1962, but the Huey nickname remained. This helicopter has no weapons and is mainly used for logistical support. The Huey in the picture is a medical helicopter, code-named Dustoff 3. Dustoff specifically refers to the helicopter that transports the wounded and sick.
There is a small bug here. The heroine’s helicopter is clearly marked with a red cross. It is protected by the Geneva Convention. It should not take the initiative to intervene in the battle. The attack in the film will go to a military court afterwards. In fact, a medical helicopter is not allowed to bring it. Machine guns are offensive weapons that can be equipped with defensive weapons, such as M16. By the way, they called the machine gun Saw in the film, which is actually the abbreviation of the automatic weapon used by the Squad Automatic Weapon class.
The crashed helicopter that the female chief rescued before was the Black Hawk.
Later, the helicopters that came to the rescue were called Hueys, Cobras and A10 Thunderbolts in the movie. Huey mentioned that Cobra refers to the Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, and the previous Huey is both produced by Bell, also called HueyCobra. The A10 Thunderbolt is the A10 Thunderbolt (errata: Thunderbolt) ground attack aircraft. It was the main ground attack aircraft of the US military during the Gulf War. In this war, this aircraft made its debut and shined.
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