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named after. Since 1968 the US Army has an official regulation stating all army helicopters be
named after tribes or individual famous Natives. The Black Hawk is primarily used for transporting
personnel and equipment around the battlefield. Here, the helicopter is at a stationary hover as
troops stealthily fast rope into a hostile landing zone. In the spirit of the ferocious and brave Apache
warriors from the South West, this Longbow dives on its target as it lets fly 2.75 inch rockets bringing
destruction on the enemy.
Black Hawk, seen in the foreground, was a great leader and warrior of the Sauk and Fox nations. He
is easily recognizable by his headdress of dyed red horsehair and beaded ear bobs. Although, most
famous for the Black Hawk War of 1832 where the Indians were overwhelmed at Bad Axe River.
When President Andrew Jackson ordered the prisoner Black Hawk to be brought east in 1833, the
Sauk chief became a celebrity and attracted great crowds. His courage, integrity, and dignity were
admired and applauded by all.
On the other hand, the Apache were a tribe. The primitive Apache was a true nomad, a wandering
child of Nature, whose birthright was a craving for the warpath with courage and endurance probably
exceeded by no other people and with cunning beyond reckoning. Although his character is a strong
mixture of courage and ferocity, the Apache is gentle and affectionate toward those with his own
flesh and blood, particularly his children.