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Comanche helicopter
The Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche is the world's most advanced helicopter and the cornerstone of the U.S. Army's Force XXI aviation modernization plan. The Comanche makes use of the latest advancements in aerospace technology, including stealth which has until now been confined to airplanes.
Abilities
The sophisticated design of the Comanche helicopter allows it to dash to a speed of 175 knots, then cruise at a steady 165. The futuristic propulsion and navigation design also allows the helicopter to execute snap turns in 4.5 seconds and fly sideways or backwards at an incredible 70 mph! With a tremendous power output of 1,432 horsepower from each of it's turboshafts, the Comanche climbs at a rate of 1,418 feet per minute.
Firepower
The Comanche can go to war with up to 14 "Fire and Forget" Hellfire anti-tank missiles, which, once fired, are programmed to control their own flight to their targets. The helicopter can also deploy up to 56 rockets (70mm), or 28 Stinger air-to-air missiles, to attack fixed and rotary-wing targets.
Alternatively, it can carry two 430-gallon ferry tanks to self-deploy over 1,260 nm, or crashworthy 230-gallon tanks for more than four hours of combat endurance.
Adding to its already immense firepower, the Comanche also stows a three-barreled, 20 mm turreted nose mini-gun that can shoot 1500 rounds per minute.
To maintain its low "stealth" profile, the Comanche features a fully retractable missile armament system, enabling it to hide missiles and rockets in I-RAMS (Integrated Retractable Munitions Systems) bays.
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KWTX
April 24, 2018
Good morning, it's Tuesday, April 24, the 114th day of 2018. There are 251 days left in the year. We'll start the day in the mid-50s and we're expecting highs this afternoon in the lower 80s under a sunny sky. Some clouds move in this evening and there's a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm asÃâà...
KOKH FOX25
April 16, 2018
The counties included in the governor's declaration are: Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, ... 34 Complex Fire – Oklahoma Forestry Services reports one Type 1 Helicopter is on scene to assist with fire suppression efforts on the 34 Complex Fire inÃâà...
Truth-Out
April 16, 2018
"[The US still names] military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If the Luftwaffe named its military helicopters Jew and Gypsy, I suppose people would notice." -- Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with NoamÃâà...
Mintpress News
April 16, 2018
“[The U.S. still names] military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If the Luftwaffe named its military helicopters Jew and Gypsy, I suppose people would notice.” — Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations withÃâà...
AlterNet
April 14, 2018
"[The U.S. still names] military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If the Luftwaffe named its military helicopters Jew and Gypsy, I suppose people would notice." -- Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with NoamÃâà...
Superior Telegram
April 13, 2018
Upon completion of his training, Church was promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to Comanche Company, 1-23 Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2 Infantry Division, based out of Fort Lewis, Washington. In May 2012, his ... Church was immediately transported to Kandahar Air Field by helicopter. The IEDÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 24, 2018
They were greeted near the museum entrance to the sight of Bera's 1966 Piper Comanche — pink and magenta on white with the words “KICK ASS” emblazoned in ... Bera earned her commercial, flight instructor, helicopter, hot air balloon, single/multi-engine aircraft, and seaplane ratings over the years.
Markets Insider
March 19, 2018
Through his career as an Army aviator and experimental test pilot, an instructor and educator, and chief engineer on the RAH-66 Comanche, to his ... The Society's Paul E. Haueter Award is given for an outstanding technical contribution to the field of VTOL aircraft development other than a helicopter or anÃâà...
Dodge City Daily Globe
March 16, 2018
A Blackhawk helicopter makes a water dump on the grass area on the north side of the Kansas Natural Gas facility east of Mullinville on Thursday. ... Meanwhile, ground units from Kiowa, Ford, Clark, Comanche, Edwards and Pratt Counties plus Minneola attacked the fire at multiple locations along the burnÃâà...
Aerotech News (blog)
March 16, 2018
Billions of dollars spent, years behind delivery, or maybe a product never appearing.” Future Combat Systems and the Comanche helicopter program are examples of failed programs, he said. Failed programs such as these “hurt us from a fiscal standpoint,” Esper explained. “And it's denied the Soldiers theÃâà...
The Fort Campbell Courier
March 15, 2018
Future Combat Systems and the Comanche helicopter program are examples of failed programs, he said. Failed programs such as these “hurt us from a fiscal standpoint,” Esper said. “And it's denied the Soldiers the tools, equipment and weapons systems he or she needs to be effective on the battlefield.”.
The Hutchinson News
March 14, 2018
A command center was established at the intersection of 31st Road and Comanche in Rice Co at the McPherson County line. Fire Departments from Rice County received mutual aid from units in Reno County, McPherson County and multiple rural departments -- from as far away as Derby and Mulvane.
KSWO
March 2, 2018
... at Flower Mound Elementary School in Lawton learned about health and safety ON Friday thanks to the OU College of Nursing and the Comanche Nation Higher Education program. ... Students were also able to tour a helicopter, ambulances and other emergency personnel vehicles during the fair.
We Are The Mighty (blog)
December 4, 2017
The Army's helicopters have a number of names you recognize immediately: Apache, Black Hawk, Kiowa, Lakota, Comanche. They are also ... Then comes something unique – the helicopter or aircraft is then part of a ceremony attended by Native American leaders, who bestow tribal blessings. You mightÃâà...
War on the Rocks
October 5, 2017
The Army poured over $7 billion into the failed RAH-66 Comanche stealth helicopter, then millions more into the ARH-70 Arapaho armed reconnaissance helicopter, while a third aircraft, the Armed Aerial Scout, never even materialized. And even if Future Vertical Lift does come to fruition, the Army's currentÃâà...
Breaking Defense
September 15, 2017
In other words, there's no money to develop an all-new scout helicopter until the Army finishes modernizing its existing AH-64 gunships and UH-60 transports. Three Kiowa replacements have already been cancelled and the money plowed back into upgrading existing aircraft: the RAH-66 Comanche,Ãâà...
Task & Purpose
April 12, 2017
The last joint project undertaken by the two was the RAH-66 Comanche five-bladed attack helicopter, commissioned in 1991, built in 1996, and aborted in 2004… at a cost to the DoD of nearly $7 billion. With other certain aircraft aggressively over-budget, it's doubtful the Pentagon will have the patience toÃâà...
The Drive
April 11, 2017
These features are notable, since the last time the two defense contractors worked on an armed helicopter for the U.S. military, the result was the abortive RAH-66A Comanche. This stealthy rotorcraft had complex internal weapons bays to keep the aircraft's radar signature as low as possible. The DefiantÃâà...
Dothan Eagle
February 16, 2017
The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche – one of only two of the helicopters that were built and flew – on display at the Aviation museum had been in storage but it can now be viewed by the public, according to Bob Mitchell, U.S. Army Aviation Museum curator. “This (aircraft) was a revolutionary designÃâà...
Gizmodo
December 5, 2014
The Kiowa Warrior is slated to retire in 2025, the Chinook in 2035, and both the Apache and Black Hawk will be gone by 2040. We thought we had a suitable replacement for all of these platforms in the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche. But then, this next-gen stealth chopper vanished in a puff ofÃâà...
Breaking Defense
December 31, 1999
The Army wants something badly because it hasn't had a purpose-built scout helicopter since the Vietnam-vintage OH-58 Kiowa retired. Multiple attempts to replace Kiowa failed, from the stealthy Comanche (cancelled in 2004) to the Armed Aerial Scout (2013). The cost of maintaining the aging Kiowa, andÃâà...
AZCentral.com
December 31, 1999
Five British tourists died after the Papillon Airways helicopter flight they were on approached a landing pad Feb. 10 in Grand Canyon West, spun twice and smashed to the ground, where it burst into flames. The investigation into that crash is ongoing, though the company said it would retrofit helicopters withÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Ms. Bera last flew her white Piper Comanche 260 (decorated with pink and magenta stripes and the phrase “Kick Ass” stenciled on the fuselage) in ... She worked as a flight instructor, sold airplanes for Beechcraft and Piper and was a test pilot; in the 1960s, she flew an experimental helicopter with no tailÃâà...
Daily Ardmoreite
December 31, 1999
A helicopter, four single engine air tankers, three heavy tankers and two super scoopers are on scene to assist. ... The counties included in the governor's declaration are: Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, Custer, Dewey, Ellis,Ãâà...
KSWO
December 31, 1999
Emergency crews responded to a vehicle wreck at the new I-44 toll booth just north of Comanche County. The Fletcher Fire Department was requested to respond as a second fire department to provide a second set of "Jaws of Life" to help extricate at least one patient from a vehicle. A medical helicopterÃâà...
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