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CBO: Annual Cost of Replacing Army Aircraft Could Peak at Nearly $5 Billion

CBO: Annual Cost of Replacing Army Aircraft Could Peak at Nearly $5 Billion
Two UH-60 Blackhawks assigned to U.S. Army Europe's 12th Combat Aviation Brigade prepare to load Soldiers from USAREURs 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) as they conducted a Mission Rehearsal Exercise, or Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center here, March 28. (Photos by SPC. Glenn M. Anderson, USAREUR Public Affairs)

Starting at about $4 billion a year in 2018, replacing the Army’s 4,300 aircraft will become less expensive over the next decade before shooting up to nearly $5 billion a year in 2032, according to a new report from the Congressional budget Office. Most of the Army’s 4,300 piloted aircraft are helicopters and most of those are one of three types — the H-60 Black Hawk, AH-64 Apache and H-47 Chinook. Eventually replacing the entire fleet is a top priority…

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