The Little Bird flies again.
Today saw the launch of Battlefield 6 Season 1, bringing a new map, a battle pass, a store stuffed with cosmetic bundle cognitohazards, and a fresh free-to-play battle royale mode with Redsec—or as fresh as a battle royale mode can be in 2025. But for a specific flavor of Battlefield veteran, the most exciting feature included in the update is a sign tucked away in the Portal editor that a series staple will soon be taking flight once more.
If your personal history with scout helicopters isn’t a friendly one, however, this might not be welcome news.
Shortly after today’s BF6 patch went live this morning, players fired up its updated Portal editor to see whether there were any juicy new toys to play with that had slipped through the cracks. And Portal didn’t disappoint: Those map editing sleuths discovered that it’s possible to spawn a fully functional Little Bird scout helicopter on the Operation Firestorm map, indicating an upcoming return for Battlefield’s most beloved and/or reviled air vehicle class.
