直升机作为一种扫雷工具,美军最早运用于侵朝战争中。在元山登陆战中,直升机为海军陆战队清除水雷,开辟通道立下了汗马功劳。当时,美海军还未拥有专门装备的扫雷直升机,执行扫雷任务的是登陆运输直升机。机上人员目力搜索,发现目标后,便用机关枪将其击毁。在波斯湾,美海军也曾沿袭这一经验。最初,因缺乏专业人员和器材,搜索和消除水雷的任务只好由以护送科威特油船母舰为基地的反潜直升机和多用途直升机来实施。 Helicopter as a demining tool, the military was first used in the invasion of North Korea. Landing in Wonsan, the helicopters cleared the mines for the Marine Corps, opening up a channel made a contribution. At that time, the United States Navy had not yet had a specially equipped mine clearance helicopter, and the task of demining was to land a transport helicopter. The crew searched on the flight crew, and after finding the target, destroyed it with a machine gun. In the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy also followed this experience. Initially, the task of searching for and eliminating mines was limited to anti-submarine helicopters and multi-purpose helicopters based on escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers, owing to the lack of specialists and equipment.