The helicopter was still in use by the mid 1980s, seeing continuing service with XOF, as well as being adopted by Diamond Dogs (seemingly replacing MSF's HP-48 helicopters) and several PMCs that existed during the time period.ĭuring the Hospital Raid, two UTH-66 Blackfoots were deployed to ferry soldiers belonging to XOF to raid the hospital, as well as kill any patients that were signaling for an evacuation, having learned of Big Boss being stationed there due to psychic residue from Tretij Rebenok and the awakening of the Man on Fire. Phantom Pain Incident See also: Hospital Escape and Phantom Pain Incident The MSF Krokodil "Morpho" would later crash into another Blackfoot when the former was spun out of control by the detonation of Paz Ortega Andrade's second internal bomb. The helicopter was soon shot down by Snake with an assault rifle, and crashed into the platform. Upon Snake's return to Mother Base, at least one of XOF's Blackfoots was used as a platform for a sniper, who was part of the strike team that was pinning down a pocket of MSF survivors led by Kazuhira Miller. Prior to departure, their XOF markings were removed to aid the deception that they were part of a UN mission, with the "inspection" team being welcomed at the control tower of Mother Base's Command Center by Huey Emmerich. Several UTH-66 Blackfoots were used by XOF in March 1975 to ferry a strike team to MSF's Mother Base in a Trojan horse operation led by Skull Face. Ground Zeroes Incident Main article: Ground Zeroes IncidentĪn XOF Blackfoot prepares for departure, March 1975. The helicopter served as an aerial platform for a Marine with a recoiless rifle who was trying to shoot down the MSF Krokodil that was extracting Snake and the agent. One model of this type of helicopter was used by the Marines to counter the Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF) from rescuing a valuable Intel Team agent who was fleeing Camp Omega. Warning: The following events occur in the pseudo-historical Side Ops in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes its level of canonicity is ambiguous.Ī USMC UTH-66 flying over the black site in Cuba, 1974. The helicopter was first seen being used in the mid 1970s, being used by the Marines and XOF. Costs to upgrade it were 60000 GMP for the first upgrade for the chopper as a whole, 160000 GMP for the second upgrade for the chopper as a whole, and 20000 GMP for upgrading the chopper's speaker system. It was also very costly to maintain, as stated by Miller when attempting to stop Ocelot from having Quiet shoot at the moving rotor blades out of fear that she'll damage them. In addition, similar to MSF's helicopters, it was equipped with a Fulton recovery arm. The variant used by Diamond Dogs' quadruple engine was still under development, although its armament was functional and could be upgraded. The Marines painted theirs a Naval Gray, XOF painted theirs black, and Diamond Dogs would paint most of theirs olive drab, with one, callsign "Pequod", being painted in whichever color or camouflage pattern seen fit by Venom Snake. The different factions that used the helicopter painted it different colors. Diamond Dogs also outfitted one of theirs to be Venom Snake's personal aerial command center for use when away from Mother Base, which also included a weapons rack. The helicopter could also be outfitted, as the Diamond Dogs and other PMCs of the era sometimes did, with an in-flight refueling probe, two miniguns on the side doors, and pylons for attaching weapons. The Blackfoot was a prototype next-generation general-purpose medium-lift tactical helicopter used mostly to ferry troops and supplies from place to place.
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