Fleet Strategy For Elite Aviation Unit Hangs On U.S. Army Decisions

Steve Trimble May 19, 2020
helicopter
The Army’s special operators prefer a new assault aircraft that carries troops internally, but only one of the Army’s selections for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition comes with a cabin.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
Having been founded two years after the 1979 introduction of the Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk, the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment came into existence with a fleet management problem. The Army’s premier aviation unit operates a fleet of helicopters, including 66 Boeing MH...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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