When DARPA requested a new stealth helicopter,
they turned to the Lockheed Skunk Works for that one of a kind chopper
It was to be of composite construction, faceted, low RCS, with IR dampening paint and an angular constructed tail rotor for starters
Cost tens of millions to the tax-payer, but Lockheed didn’t waste a single dollar
Now add quiet Eurocopter Blue Edge rotor blades, passive systems all integrated, a new stabilizer,
dampening main rotor head, and to top it all off- a noise reduction 5-blade tail rotor
Dubbed the “Silent Hawk” Lockheed worked on it day and night in a sealed-off hangar And everything would move forward when they installed the new silent motors
The SFs loved it straight away and couldn’t wait to get it in the air
the faired-over linkage one could… barely… even hear
Then one fateful day the chopper was in need
SEAL Team Six on a mission to Pakistan from a US aircraft carrier
79 troops carried by four helos to wage anti-terrorist warfare
In their midst, the “Silent Hawk” was there
Crossing borders with the Sentinels actively jamming radars
the target was Abbottabad where Osama had his lair
They were proud to fly in the Lockheed stealth helicopter
But the landing was rough, and the fighting was tough
Hit the compound wall with the tail rotor…
The SEALs just couldn’t leave the chopper intact
So they blew it up as they mounted their attack
They killed Osama and came back home again
Not much left of the chopper. but the tilted tail rotor
The last remnant of a Lockheed stealth helicopter