They kept one of these around for years at Ft. McClellan as a research platform, along with two AH-56 Cheyennes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne A lot of the features you see commonly now on both military and civilian helos, like quieter rotor systems, all came out of the research that was started for these programs. So common now that people don't even realize that they used to be classified af.
They kept one of these around for years at Ft. McClellan as a research platform, along with two AH-56 Cheyennes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne
A lot of the features you see commonly now on both military and civilian helos, like quieter rotor systems, all came out of the research that was started for these programs. So common now that people don't even realize that they used to be classified af.
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