U/AV-17 Hawk

"The U/AV-17 Hawk is a US VTOL combat transport and light armor. When delivering soldiers, the Hawk swivels its rotors to direct downwash away from the jump doors. This allows soldiers to fast-rope down while under cover of the .30 caliber door guns. Once its cargo is away, the Hawk's versatility means it can loiter to offer tactical support or quickly return to be loaded for another deployment."

- Intel on the U/AV-17 Hawk from Resistance: Fall of Man

The U/AV-17 Hawk is a VTOL aircraft used by the United States Army. The Hawk is consider to be the most versatile transport used by the military as it is perfected in possessing a high payload capacity such as carrying tanks, and can either provide tactical support from its .30 caliber door guns or return to be loaded with additional military deployment(s).

Appearances
In Resistance: Fall of Man a Hawk is first seen dropping Nathan Hale and the rest of the Rangers into combat in York, where many Hawks are shot down by Chimeran anti-aircraft fire (primarily from Chimeran mortar). It is later seen dropping soldiers and tanks in the final joint American and British assault on the London Tower. In appearances and functionality it was very similar to the British P-1117 Kingfisher because of the fact that Kingfishers were based on early schematics of the Hawk.

In Resistance 2, the Hawk has a few new design features like what appears to be a refueling probe. Its still in use by the U.S. military during the Chimeran invasion of America as transport for SRPA forces, including Black Ops squads and Sentinel teams, specifically Echo Team. It is also seen attempting to perform attack runs before being shot down.

Armament
As of Resistance 2 the U/AV-17 can be seen with double-chain mounted .50 caliber cannons, and two door mounted .30 caliber machine guns. The .30 caliber machine guns are seen in the opening level of Resistance 2 firing on a Goliath while the chain mounted cannons are not seen in action.

Trivia

 * The U/AV-17 strikingly resembles to the real life V-22 Osprey.
 * The U/AV-17's guns can be taken apart and used as a HVAP Wraith as shown in Resistance (comics).