U.S. Army Transitioning Rotary-Wing Training To Lakota

Lakota
Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
The U.S. Army is hoping entry of the Airbus Helicopters UH-72 Lakota into the flight-training role will herald students better prepared for the front line and a new generation of rotorcraft. But there are questions about whether the training benefits will outweigh the costs of operating what is...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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