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The Rotary-winged military aircraft of the United States include a variety of types, designated primarily in two seperate numbering sequences.

In 1962 when the Unified Designation System was adopted, six former Navy and Army types received new designations in the H-1 to H-6 series, which can be found here. However, the original sequence was also continued, and remains in use to the present, with the next designation available being H-73.

Sequence	Name	Manufacturer	Image	First flight	Notes/Notable variants
R-1		Platt-Lepage Aircraft		12 May 1941
R-2		Kellett Autogiro			Modified from YG-1C.
R-3		Kellett Autogiro			Modified from YG-1B.
R-4	"Hoverfly"	Sikorsky Aircraft		13 January 1942
R-5/H-5	"Dragonfly"	Sikorsky Aircraft		18 August 1943	Redesignated H-5 in 1948.
R-6	"Hoverfly II"	Sikorsky Aircraft		15 October 1943	Redesignated H-6 in 1948.
R-7		Sikorsky Aircraft		-	Not built.
R-8		Kellett Autogiro		7 August 1944	Redesignated H-8 in 1948.
R-9		Firestone Aircraft		1946	Redesignated H-9 in 1948.
R-10		Kellett Autogiro		24 April 1947	Redesignated H-10 in 1948.
R-11		Rotorcraft Corporation		1947	Redesignated H-11 in 1948.
R-12		Bell Helicopter		1947	Redesignated H-12 in 1948.
H-12		Bell Helicopter		1947	Redesignated H-12 in 1948.
R-13	Sioux	Bell Helicopter		8 December 1945	Redesignated H-13 in 1948. Some variants formerly HTL, HUL.
H-13 Sioux	Sioux	Bell Helicopter		8 December 1945	Redesignated H-13 in 1948. Some variants formerly HTL, HUL.
R-14		Firestone Aircraft		-	Not built.
R-15		Bell Helicopter		1948	Redesignated H-15 in 1948.
H-15		Bell Helicopter		1948	Redesignated H-15 in 1948.
R-16	Transporter	Piasecki Helicopter		23 October 1953	Redesignated H-16 in 1948. H-16A formerly H-27.
H-16	Transporter	Piasecki Helicopter		23 October 1953	Redesignated H-16 in 1948. H-16A formerly H-27.
R-17	"Flying Crane"	Hughes Helicopters		23 October 1952	Redesignated H-17 in 1948.
H-17	"Flying Crane"	Hughes Helicopters		23 October 1952	Redesignated H-17 in 1948.
H-18		Sikorsky Aircraft		12 February 1947 (S-52)
H-19	Chickasaw	Sikorsky Aircraft		10 November 1949	Some variants formerly HRS, HO4S.
H-20 Little Henry	Little Henry	McDonnell Aircraft		29 August 1947
H-21	Shawnee Workhorse "Flying Banana"	Piasecki Helicopter		April 1952
H-22		Kaman Aircraft		July 1949 (K-225)
H-23 Raven	Raven	Hiller Helicopters		1948 (Model 360)
H-24	Sky Hawk	Seibel Helicopter		April 1951
H-25	Army Mule	Piasecki Helicopter		March 1948	Some variants formerly HUP.
H-26 Jet Jeep	Jet Jeep	American Helicopter		January 1952
H-27	Transporter	Piasecki Helicopter		-	Redesignated as H-16A.
H-28		Hughes Helicopters		-	Not built.
H-29		McDonnell Aircraft		-	Not built.
H-30		McCulloch Aircraft		March 1951 (MC-4)
H-31		Doman Helicopters		27 April 1953
H-32 Hornet	Hornet	Hiller Helicopters		1950	YH-32A Serial No. 55-4965 is believed to be the world's first helicopter gunship.^[1]
H-33		Bell Helicopter		-	Redesignated as V-3.
H-34	Choctaw Seabat Seahorse	Sikorsky Aircraft		8 March 1954	Some variants formerly HUS, HSS-1.
H-35		McDonnell Aircraft		-	Redesignated as V-1.
H-36	Skipped				Possibly assigned to V-2. Possibly assigned to Project LONG EARS.
H-37 Mojave	Mojave	Sikorsky Aircraft		1953	H-37C formerly HR2S.
H-38	Skipped				Possibly assigned to Project SHORT TAIL.
H-39		Sikorsky Aircraft		1954	Modified from H-18.
H-40		Bell Helicopter		20 October 1956	Produced as H-1.
H-41 Seneca	Seneca	Cessna		1953 (CH-1)
H-43 Huskie	Huskie	Kaman Aircraft		1953	Some variants formerly HOK, HTK, HUK.
H-44	Skipped				Possibly assigned to Project BIG TOM.
H-45	Skipped				Possibly assigned to Project STEP CHILD.
H-46 Sea Knight	Sea Knight	Boeing Vertol		August 1962	Formerly HRB-1. UH-46B formerly H-49. H-46C formerly HC-1A.
H-47 Chinook	Chinook	Boeing Vertol		August 1962	Formerly HC-1B.
H-50 DASH	DASH	Gyrodyne		1959	Formerly DSN.
H-51		Lockheed Corporation	100px	2 November 1962
H-52	Seaguard	Sikorsky Aircraft		1959 (S-62)	Formerly HU2S.
H-53 Sea Stallion	Sea Stallion "Super Jolly Green Giant" Pave Low Super Stallion Sea Dragon	Sikorsky Aircraft		14 October 1964 (YCH-53A) 1 March 1974 (YCH-53E)	^[2] MH-53 Pave Low CH-53E Super Stallion CH-53K Super Stallion
H-54 Tarhe	Tarhe	Sikorsky Aircraft		9 May 1962
H-55 Osage	Osage	Hughes Helicopters		2 October 1956 Model 269
H-56 Cheyenne	Cheyenne	Lockheed Corporation		21 September 1967
H-57	Sea Ranger	Bell Helicopter		10 January 1966 (Model 206A)
H-58 Kiowa	Kiowa Kiowa Warrior	Bell Helicopter		10 January 1966 (Model 206A) 6 October 1983 (OH-58D)
H-59		Sikorsky Aircraft		26 July 1973
H-60 Black Hawk	Black Hawk Seahawk Jayhawk Pave Hawk Nighthawk Oceanhawk Rescue Hawk "Whitehawk" "Knighthawk" DAP	Sikorsky Aircraft		26 July 1973	SH-60 Seahawk HH-60 Pave Hawk HH-60 Jayhawk
H-61		Boeing Vertol		November 1974
H-62		Boeing Vertol		-	Never flown.
H-63 KingCobra		Bell Helicopter		1 October 1975
H-64 Apache	Apache Apache Longbow	Hughes Helicopters McDonnell Douglas Boeing Helicopters		30 September 1975
H-65 Dolphin	Dolphin	Aérospatiale Eurocopter		1980
H-66 Commanche	Comanche	Boeing Helicopters Sikorsky Aircraft		4 January 1996
H-67 Creek	Creek	Bell Helicopter		1993
H-68	Stingray	AgustaWestland		2000	^[2] Leased 2000-2008
H-69	Skipped
H-70	"Arapaho"	Bell Helicopter		20 July 2006	^[2]
H-71 Kestrel	Kestrel	AgustaWestland Lockheed Martin Bell Helicopter		3 July 2007	^[2]
H-72 Lakota	Lakota	Eurocopter		19 June 1999 (EC145)	^[2]