# AH-66 Comanche - Why cancelled?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-66-comanche-why-cancelled/617669>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-66-comanche-why-cancelled/617669 "2012-04-03T05:09:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-66-comanche-why-cancelled/617669/21 "2012-04-05T10:25:08Z")

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Checking links it was claimed as the:

"The F-111s, most fifteen years old, were tasked with the longest fighter combat mission ever flown in terms of time and distance. "

Which might explain the difference.

Otara

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