More of the Mission Enhanced Little Birds had been built than the DAPs, but that didn’t make them exactly common, either. This particular operation only had one, and they’d given it to Patricia O’Malley. He knew that SOAR had done work on the design, but how much could you do to a bird that only weighed fifteen hundred pounds before you added crew, fuel, and weapons?
This was going to be so sad. He was a licensed pilot. Granted, he wasn’t combat-rated, but he knew his way around a helo plenty well, especially the OH-6 Cayuse frame that SOAR’s Little Birds were built on.
Then Patricia stopped in front of her helicopter. He hadn’t been paying close enough attention last night. This helo also sported stealth modifications. Six-bladed rotor, instead of the normal five. Angular body shapes th
