“沙漠风暴”行动中的第一场大“风”是美国陆军航空兵刮起的。阿帕奇直升机摧毁了伊拉克关键的早期预警雷达站,并为随后的轰炸行动开辟了空中走廊。在为期100小时的地面战斗中,美国陆军航空兵直升机又控制了整个夜间的军事行动。作为机械化战争时代的产物,直升机曾以特有的机动性和强大火力适应了机械化战争的需求,并因此赋予了陆军航空兵这一兵种前所未有的活力。然而,随着“后机械化时代”的 The first big “wind” in the “Desert Storm” operation was propelled by the U.S. Army Aviation. The Apache helicopters destroyed key Iraqi early warning radar stations and opened up air corridors for subsequent bombing operations. During a 100-hour ground war, the U.S. Army Aviation helicopter took control of the entire night’s military operations. As a result of the era of mechanized warfare, helicopters have adapted to the demands of a mechanized war with their unique mobility and powerful firepower, thus giving the Army Aviation an unprecedented vitality to this unit. However, with the “post-mechanization era”