helicopter gunship

noun

1. a large heavily armed helicopter used for ground attack

Example Sentences

The attacks were accompanied by artillery fire, drone fire and helicopter gunship activity.

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"Aside from the air strikes, we were hearing tanks in the background, there was active exchange of fire from small firearms, as well as a helicopter gunship that was going over the hospital fighting and firing in all directions. So, it was very, very scary. We thought that this was it."

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Experts said that was probably the first such use of a helicopter gunship in the occupied West Bank since the second Palestinian uprising about 20 years ago.

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That prompted the Israeli forces to deploy a helicopter gunship in support of ground troops battling the militants, he added.

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Villagers later told the BBC that a military jet dropped a bomb where people had gathered for the meal, and then a helicopter gunship fired at the village for 20 minutes.

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