Four Options Emerge For U.S. Army UH-72A Trainer Future

UH-72 helicopters

UH-72 helicopters hover at Fort Rucker, Alabama, during training. 

Credit: Leslie Herlick/U.S. Army
Airbus and U.S. Army officials are discussing four options for reassigning the 215 UH-72A Lakota trainers being replaced by Robinson R66 helicopters, an Airbus executive says. The options include transferring most of the UH-72As as is to Army National Guard (ANG) units; modifying a subset of them to...
Steve Trimble

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

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