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Time magazine  5/3/1963

 

Counterinsurgency: The art of beating Communist guerrillas at their own game

 

The men who proudly wear the green beret of the Army’s Special Forces are experts in a strange new kind of hit-and-run warfare – counterinsurgency.  Their current mission: to help the struggling new nations of the Southern Hemisphere train troops that can cope with the guerrilla tactics of Communist–led insurgents.

Conventional military tactics are of little use against guerrillas who melt back into the jungle after a slashing raid.  Neither are conventional logistics.

Lockheed–built aircraft will help supply the air mobility so essential for successful counterinsurgency. 

The U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules shown above, for example, can paradrop heavy tanks and weapons or 64 combat-ready paratroopers. Or it can land its huge load on a short, rough strip freshly hacked from the jungle.

Lockheed is developing a remarkable new jet for the Army the Hummingbird, which will hover like its namesake – then dart out of danger at 500 mph.  A new type of rigid rotor helicopter, now being developed jointly by the Army and Navy, is easer to fly than ordinary helicopters and much faster (200 mph).

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California: …