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Why the enduring Lakota is the workhorse of the US Army and National Guard

Why the enduring Lakota is the workhorse of the US Army and National Guard
Why the enduring Lakota is the workhorse of the US Army and National Guard

In its last Southwest border rotation of 24 helicopters over a one-year period, National Guard Lakotas flew nearly 14,000 hours – near combat deployment numbers for these airframes.

Army Hates To Take Guard Apaches, But It ‘Must Happen’: UnderSec Carson

Army Hates To Take Guard Apaches, But It ‘Must Happen’: UnderSec Carson
Army Hates To Take Guard Apaches, But It ‘Must Happen’: UnderSec Carson

WASHINGTON: This hurts us more than it hurts you. That’s the essence of the regular Army’s message to the National Guard about the Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI), a controversial cost-cutting plan that — among other things – strips the Guard of all its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. Pain is on its way for all of…

EADS NA CEO Who Led Tanker Campaign Replaced

WASHINGTON: Sean O’Keefe, who led the bold but ultimately unsuccessful campaign by EADS North America to win the contract to build a new airborne tanker for the United States, is stepping down from his post as CEO and chairman of the American portion of the company now known as Airbus Group Inc. But O’Keefe is…

EADS To Army: Bring On Armed Aerial Scout Competition

CORRECTED Oct. 19, 2012, 9:30 a.m. to clarify imprecise information provided during the EADS press briefing. WASHINGTON: The U.S. arm of European aerospace and defense giant EADS urged the Army on Thursday to buy new armed scout helicopters instead of upgrading its aging OH-58D Kiowa Warriors — and challenged competitors to top the performance two…