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House Appropriators Support Army Aviation Restructure–To A Point

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

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House Appropriators Support Army Aviation Restructure–To A Point

An instructor-pilot and a student-pilot leave Shell Army Heliport in a TH-67 during flight training. Photo: U.S. Army

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC)-passed fiscal year 2015 defense appropriations bill supports the Army aviation restructure initiative--to a point--and that point is: forget getting rid of any of the 182 TH-67 training aircraft in the Army inventory until a comprehensive report is submitted on the divestiture impact on the industrial base. The Army’s plan to retire the current TH-67 Creek aircraft, produced by Bell Helicopter [TXT] has left HAC “extremely concerned about the impact on the rotary wing industrial…

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