Hammer 2-6

Hammer 2-6 or Hammer Two-Six, is the callsign of a UH-64 Hawk Utility Helicopter featured in the Orion Nero Initiative series. Hammer 2-6 is part of 2nd Battalion's B-Company of the 7th Aviation Regiment, subordinate to the Combat Aviation Brigade (B-2/7).

Attack on the Alkania Mining Station.
Hammer 2-6 first appears in the ONI Attack on the Alkania Mining Station in the Sicaria Region. After Blackjack 1-1 conducts a forward recon and locates the mining station, Hammer 2-6 is one of several UH-64 Hawk sent in along with Blackjack Company to help neutralise the site in order to disrupt Alvitr Central Security Alkania supply lines.

Hammer 2-6, along with Hammer 2-4 first provide close air support for Blackjack 1-1, attacking an ACS outpost multiple times before airlifting Blackjack 1-1 across a chasm to the mining station.

Attack on Ramstein Airbase
As part of the attack on an ACS-occupied airbase outside of Enderossi, Hammer 2-4 and 2-6 are tasked with dropping off additional soldiers to the strike force of Ramstein Air Base. En route to the landing zone, Hammer 2-6 is shot down by a crotale missile fired by an ACS Mauler, killing all four crew of the Hawk as well as the six soldiers it was carrying.

General Characteristics

 * Crew:
 * Pilot (K.I.A.)
 * Co-pilot (K.I.A.)
 * Door Gunner LHS (K.I.A.)
 * Door gunner RHS (K.I.A.)
 * Capacity:
 * 11 troops or 4,000kg of cargo
 * Length: 19.76m including rotors
 * Width: 2.35m
 * Height: 5.31m
 * Empty weight: 5,675kg

Performance

 * Maximum Speed: 294km/h
 * Combat Range: 590km
 * Rate of climb: 6.68m/s

Armament

 * Guns:
 * 2x 12.7mm GAU-19 Gatling guns