Return to Article: Shortage of helicopters hampers troops in Afghanistan, observers say

By Greg Grant ggrant@govexec.com March 31, 2008
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    Sad. All of these 60's airframes at the limit of their airframe hours and no replacements in sight. What was Rumsfeld thinking? The CH-47 is way beyond replacement, as an outdated design from the 60's, and the Marine Corps and the Navy have pissed so much money down the Osprey toilet. I think it is time that the Lockheed/Martin/Westland EH101 get a huge purchase order to give the services reliable medium lift. In addition, the CH-53K needs to also be pushed to the front burner for heavy lift for all four services. Proven designs will serve now; open the checkbook.

    KennethM3 Posted April 3, 2008 2:15 AM

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