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First UH-1Y Detachment Reports To Miramar For Training, AH-1Z Faces Two-Year Delay

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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein Although the Navy's efforts to develop the AH-1Z helicopter are now facing a two-year schedule slip, service officials point out that the UH-1Y just achieved its initial operational capability (IOC) and the first three aircraft are beginning special operations training all in preparation for their first deployment in January 2009. Yesterday, the first UH-1Y detachment (the first three aircraft), left Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and reported to its Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Air…

Congress

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