American Aircraft Penetrator

The American Aircraft Penetrator, now referred as the Aerocraft Stealth Star 204 SS, was a gunship helicopter modified from the Bell UH-1B Iroquois with tandem seating for the pilots and a troop-carrying compartment. It was first designed by the American Aircraft Corporation (AAC) and was marketed by a separate company, American Aircraft International (AAI). Design and development In 1990, a single Bell UH-1B Huey was stripped down to the engine, transmission and tail boom. A complete armored composite structure was added and the flight controls and seating were modified to a tandem layout, with pilot in front and copilot at the rear. The third and fourth weapons operators were placed in the rear portion of the fuselage firing weapons to the rear. The outer fuselage mounted stub wings, two glazed gun turrets/observation windows under each side of the engine with rear-facing 20mm gun turret under...