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NNSA Helo Headed to Super Bowl, With Replacement Rotary Craft on Way

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

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The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nuclear Emergency Support team was scheduled to take one of its radiation-sniffing Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] 412 helicopters out for what figures to be one of the last pre-Super Bowl patrols before the fleet trades up to new models, the agency announced Monday. The pregame, daytime-only flights in the vicinity of Los Angeles’ SoFi stadium, home of the Rams and site of this year’s big game, were scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, the nuclear-weapons and…

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