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Offline rangerrebew

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Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne: The Incredible Attack Helicopter Decades Ahead of Its Time
« on: January 20, 2025, 06:23:24 am »
Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne: The Incredible Attack Helicopter Decades Ahead of Its Time

The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne was set to revolutionise the design of attack helicopters, setting the benchmark for decades to come - if only politics didn't kill the program before the Cheyenne could take it's rightful place in aeronautic history.

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Re: Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne: The Incredible Attack Helicopter Decades Ahead of Its Time
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2025, 10:46:58 am »
Cancelled in 1972. The Army eventually chose, instead, the AH-64 Apache, which has, so far, had some 40 years of very successful service. The AH-1, which the AH-56 was supposed to replace is also still in frontline use.
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Re: Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne: The Incredible Attack Helicopter Decades Ahead of Its Time
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2025, 10:54:23 am »
How would it have revolutionized attack helicopters?

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Re: Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne: The Incredible Attack Helicopter Decades Ahead of Its Time
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2025, 12:27:39 pm »
Quote from: Canuck Conservative on January 20, 2025, 10:54:23 am
How would it have revolutionized attack helicopters?
For starters, it was faster than anything in the helo fleet.

It did have one effect: It got the USAF off their arses and they had a competition for a close air support aircraft, out of which came the A-10 (which the AF has been trying to mothball from day one, 'cause it isn't sexy enough, even if it is the epitome of CAS aircraft.
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