Aging U.S. Rotary Fleet Gets Upgrades For Afghanistan Operations

Credit: U.S. DEFENSE DEPT.
Facing a spending freeze, the U.S. military is concentrating on maintaining its mostly legacy rotary-wing fleet, with upgrades and improvements driven by demands from combatant commanders in Afghanistan. Most people “would characterize this as a helicopter war,” says Army Brig. Gen. William Crosby...

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