Fort Rucker, AL — An aircraft that never quite made it into the Army’s operational inventory and looks like something out of a science-fiction movie is now on display at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum.
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.
The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche sits on display for people to see at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum. The helicopter is one of
only two remaining Comanches.
“This (aircraft) was a revolutionary design and it was something that was designed totally thinking outside of the box,” said the curator. “It was designed to incorporate a lot of new technology, such as radar absorption and defeating geometrics, and was also designed to have a very low infrared profile. Radar-guided missiles and infrared-guided missiles are two great threats to Army helicopters, so this aircraft addressed both those threats with its radical design and engineering.”
Mitchell said that the Comanche is currently the museum’s biggest draw, but despite that, the display is only temporary until the museum can procure an AH-64 Apache, which will go where the Comanche currently sits.
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