US Army Helicopter

(Original Caption) Battle Zone Guardian. Burbank, California: The US Army's Cheyenne, pictured flying over the Southern California area, the world's most advanced gunship helicopter which is now undergoing height tests, will be integrated into military units and "live" in the forward combat areas with ground troops. The new rigid-rotor Cheyenne is currently in an intensive training program conducted for the army by the Lockheed-California Company. Immediately responseve to the army ground commander's needs, the tough and agile helicopter will provide direct fire support and will escort troop-carrying helicopter convoys, whipping out from the column to destroy hostile ground targets and then returning rapidly to resume its protector cover position. The heavily-armed winged rotocraft, whose 250-mile-per-hour (400 kilometers) speed is far faster than that of any helicopter now in