Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, i-United States Army yayifisa ukukhombisa amandla e-Army Aviation (ngendlela efanayo neThunderbirds neBlue Angels), besebenzisa i-US $ 1972 International Transportation Exposition eDulles International Airport - eyaziwa ngokuthi iTranspo '72 - njengoba i-springboard yethimba.
Njengoba i-Army yayingenayo indiza ye-wing fighter (ebhekisela kuMsebenzi Wezinqola ZikaMandla kanye namaKhosi aHlangane aSebenzi ahlangene [1948]), ukhetho lwabo lwaluwukuthi basebenzise izindiza ezinamaphiko ezihleliwe - njengalabo asetshenziselwa ukuthutha impahla noma ukuhlonishwa - noma ukusebenzisa izindiza zabo ezijikelezayo.
Futhi, ngo-1972, i-Silver Eagles yahlelwa. Umgomo wethimba kwakuwukusiza abasebenzi base-US Army ekuthengeni nasekugcinweni kwemisebenzi nokusiza ekuqondeni umphakathi ngendima yezindiza zempi ngokubonisa ubuchwepheshe nokusebenzisana nokusebenza ngokuqondile kwezindiza zezindiza.
Lapho ihlelwe kuqala, i-Silver Eagles yiyona yodwa ithimba lezokubukisa i-helicopter eMelika. Isekelwe e- Fort Rucker , e-Alabama, i-Silver Eagles yayinamavolontiya angu-25 abhalisiwe kanye ne-12 ye-aviators. Leli qembu lanikezwe ngamamodeli amabili e-helicopter - ama-helicopter ayisishiyagalolunye e-OH-6A eCayuse ayephethwe ngokuphelele ngemuva kokubona inkonzo yokulwa eVan Nam, kanye nezindiza eziyisishiyagalolunye zama-OH-58 Kiowa helicopters. Kodwa nje emva kwenhlangano yabo, izindiza ze-OH-58 zadluliselwa kwamanye amayunithi futhi i-Silver Eagles igcina lezi zintathu eziyisithupha zika-OH-6A ezidwetshwe emgqonyeni womnqumo nembala emhlophe.
Nakuba iqembu lezokuboniswa kwezindiza, ama-routines awo awazange abe nama-aerobatics - kunalokho, imizila yayinezinkampani ezindizayo. Ukuhamba nokuhamba kwezinga eliphezulu lokuhamba ngokuqondile kwavela kusuka ku-zero miles ngehora endaweni ephansi kuya emakhilomitha angu-140 ngehora ngezinyawo eziyinkulungwane.
Ama-helicopter ayisikhombisa asetshenziselwa ukuboniswa ngalunye, ngamagama akhethekile / izikhundla: Ukuhola, Iphiko Lwesobunxele, I-Wing Right, Slot, Lead Solo, Opposition Solo ... no-Bozo the Clown. Ithimba leBozo laligqoke ubuso be-clown - impumu ebomvu, amehlo amakhulu, izindlebe ze-floppy kanye nesikhwama sezintambo - futhi kwenziwa ama-antics ukujabulisa izethameli ngenkathi enye indiza ibhalela ukuhamba okulandelayo - njengokudlala ngamabhaluni eduze phansi noma ukudlala nge yo-yo yayo. Ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kweBozo, cishe kwakukhona njalo okungenani i-helicopter eyodwa eyenza phambi kwesixuku ngaso sonke isikhathi ngesikhathi sesethulo seminyaka engama-35 evamile. A
Ukubukeka kokuqala komphakathi kwakukhona eSikhumbuzweni Sosuku Lwase-Aviation Centre ngo-1972 eCairns Army Airfield, e-Fort Rucker, AL. Ukusebenza kwabo "okusemthethweni" kokuqala kwakunguTranspo'72, lapho iqembu lenza imibukiso emibili nsuku zonke. Ukuphumelela kwethimba eTranska '72 kwaqinisekisa ithusi lezempi ngesifiso sokuba neqembu lokubonisa unomphela.
Ekuqaleni kuka-1973, i- "Silver Eagles" yathola isimo esisemthethweni njengeqembu le-United States Army Aviation Precision Demonstration Team (USAAPDT).
Ngo-1974, i-Silver Eagles yayinabalingiswa abayisikhombisa abashayeli bezindiza nabasebenzi abangu-30 basemhlabathini, ngokungezwa ngezindiza zeDe Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou ezisekelwa yizindiza ezenziwe nge-blue and white color scheme.
NgoFebruwari 1975, i-Silver Eagles yenza i-debut yayo yonke e-Ottawa, eCanada futhi yabonwa yi-Army Aviation Association yaseMelika (iQuad-A) njengengxenye enkulu yezindiza e-Army.
Ngokudabukisayo, ukusebenza kokugcina kweqembu kwaba ngo-1976 - ngo-21 kuNovemba, i-Silver Eagles yagijima emoyeni we-Blue Angels "Homecoming" e-Pensacola, eFlorida, yabe isenza umbukiso wayo wokugcina endaweni yaseKnox Field, Ft. Rucker, AL, ngo-November 23, 1976.
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