The MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird (nicknamed the Killer Egg), and its attack variant AH-6, are light helicopters used for special operations in the United States Army. Originally based on a modified OH-6A, it was later based on the MD 500E, with a single five-bladed main rotor. The newest version, the MH-6M, is based on the MD 530F and has a single, six-bladed main rotor and four-bladed tail rotor.

Role	Light Observation Helicopter Air interdiction Forward air control Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Hughes Helicopters McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems MD Helicopters
First flight	27 February 1963
Introduction	1980
Status	In service
Primary user	United States Army
Developed from	Hughes OH-6 Cayuse
Variants	Boeing AH-6

Crew

Although Little Birds can be crewed by just one pilot, it's more common that they are crewed by 2 Night Stalkers i.e. a Pilot and Co-pilot.

Features

Based around the MD530 airframe, the AH-6M gunship features lightweight pylons for the loading over a number of weapons systems including:

• M134 miniguns
  
• M260 FFAR rocket pods
  
• AGM-114 Hellfire laser-guided anti-tank missiles
  
• GAU-19 .50 cal 3-barrel gatling guns