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Black Hawk Alpha Model Reaching The End of A Useful Army Life, Utility PM Says

Black Hawk Alpha Model Reaching The End of A Useful Army Life, Utility PM Says
UH-60L Digital Cockpit Photo: U.S. Army

Seeking financial efficiencies and a more effective smaller future force, the Army plans to divest older or obsolete aircraft that would cost too much to keep in the inventory, to include some 800 UH-60A Black Hawks, the Utility Project Manager said. In March, the Army decided to start divesting obsolete aircraft, including the UH-60A, or Alpha, fleet, Col. Thomas Todd  told Defense Daily this week in a telephone interview. Separately, the Army wants to divest the TH-67 trainer and the…

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