To keep yet another convoy off the road, 386th Air Expeditionary
Wing aircrews in SW Asia recently gave a textbook example of
what agile combat support is all about.
The first new production MH-60R took to the skies July 28th at
the Sikorsky Aircraft facility in Stratford, CT. The aircraft flew
a total of 1.5 hours and performed the entire flight acceptance
profile, which included flight control checks, vibration
measurements and engine power checks, without incident.
by Aero-News Senior Correspondent Kevin R.C. "Hognose"
O'Brien
Retired General, former drug czar and sometime Democratic Party
politician Barry McCaffrey recently returned from Iraq with a sheaf
of notes, opinions and recommendations. One of his urgent
recommendations is that the Iraqi forces receive 120 or more
Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters, presumably including spares and
training on them.
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