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Cody: Army Aviation Must Keep Making The Hard Choices

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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Army aviation must not defer hard decisions to remain agile, lethal and successful, according to the Army Vice Chief of Staff. "The branch since its inception has made the hard choices," Gen. Richard Cody told the Army Aviation Association of America annual conference here. Army aviation has opportunities, despite being at war for more than six years and stretched, he said. Success is not just the decision to terminate the Boeing [BA] /Sikorsky [UTX] RAH-66 Comanche helicopter, it's…

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