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The Helicopter has unique characteristics which have led to it being featured in films, video games, and other media.
After the US Army sold AH-1 Cobra parts in the surplus market, at least one private interest was able to assemble a flyable AH-1F which was then made available for filming. This explains the Cobra's numerous appearances in both television episodes and movies. (The Army later destroyed key surplus parts to prevent unauthorized assembly of an AH-1.)
Top Gear – A British Army Apache WAH-64 tracked presenter Jeremy Clarkson (in a Lotus Exige). Clarkson could avoid being locked on, so long as the Apache was restricted to the area above the racetrack; the Apache achieved lock within seconds once it was allowed to go further away.
Future Weapons - A US Army Longbow Apache was featured in one episode, demonstrating its' combat capabilities in both day and night conditions.
The Bell 222 is famous for its appearance as Airwolf in the television series also named Airwolf. A Bell 222 also appeared as an enemy chopper named “Redwolf”
Gunship 2000 - Two versions of the Comanche are playable in this game. One with external pylons labeled as the Comanche Gunship and one without pylons called a Comanche Scout.
Command & Conquer: Generals – Controllable when playing USA. Fighting them when playing GLA. If a Commanche is shot down, one pilot bails out in a parachute.
The Comanche Series by NovaLogic - 5 games in the series, controllable in single and multi-player modes.
The Rah66 Comanche appears in Command and Conquer Renegade as Sakura's personal helicopter.
The Comanche is one of three playable helicopters in Wildtangent's game Blackhawk Striker 2.
Rambo III A similar modified Gazelle (or the same as Blue Thunder) was used as a smaller gunship.[1]
Television:
A Gazelle was used for the helicopter hidden within The Highwayman’s futuristic 18-wheeler. Also in the Mini-series Amerika (1987) a pair used Blue Thunder birds painted in black with Russian insignias, to simulate Soviet gunships
In the show Max Headroom, the reporter Edison Carter frequently uses a Gazelle to travel to news locations over the apocalyptic chaos below.
One Aérospatiale Gazelle with SFRY Air Force markings was in a Coca-Cola animated comercial which was a parody of the Grand Theft Auto game series. At the very end of the commercial a helicopter is seen passing over the screen with troops jumping out. The helicopter has a very clear SFR Yugoslav roundel on it's side. 1
Games
As seen in some screenshots, the Gazelle helicopter is depicted as a unit for NATO forces in the game World In Conflict.
The Ka-27 features as a heavy-lift Chinese helicopter in the popular real-time strategy game Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour. Its performance and size in this game is grossly exaggerated.
The Ka-27 appears as one of several non-playable support helicopters in Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc, armed with unguided rocket pods.
The Ka-52 is one of two helicopters the player can command in the flight sim Enemy Engaged: Comanche/Hokum, and is a non-playable helicopter in the game's predecessor, Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc.
The Ka-52 is also an enemy unit in the game Heatseeker.
The Ka-60 is featured in Metal Gear Solid 2Sons of Liberty as the helicopter flown by the Terrorist who capture the Tanker in fisrt portion of the game. During a brief audo exchange, the Ka-62 (The commercial variant) is also mentioned. The "Kasatka" as the Ka-60 and 62 are called appears later in the game, flown by Otacon who is attempting to rescue the Hostages aboard BigShell.
Miss Saigon - The helicopter is an important part of a pivotal scene that separates the American from his Vietnamese lover. A UH1A formed the basis of a computer-generated image.[2]
The OH-58D is prominently featured in the movie Fire Birds as the sidekick to the movie's star, the AH-64A. Flown by Sean Young's character, CWO Guthrie, this example of the early, unarmed OH-58D accomplishes its mission of finding the enemy for the Apache as the movie approaches its climax.
The armed OH-58D is one of the three flyable aircraft cockpits in the 1997 PC computer game, Longbow II. The game gives the possibility of flying in the pilot's right seat or flying in the co-pilot/gunner's (CPG) left seat.
A Hind appeared in the game James Bond 007: Nightfire piloted by the character Armitage Rook attempting to destroy a cable car the protagonist was riding in.
The Mi-24 is one of the non-playable helicopters that appears in flight sim Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc.
The Mi-24 appears as an enemy aircraft in the game Top Gun: Combat Zones, engaging the player and allied forces with machine guns and unguided rockets.
The Mi-24 is the primary enemy close air support helicopter in the game Armored Fist 3, engaging the player primarily with anti-tank missiles.
The Mi-24 appears in new releases of Steel Beasts.