In discussing the National Guard Bureau's response to Hurricane Michael last week, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that the Guard needs more aviation assets, particularly Boeing [BA] CH-47 Chinooks, for on-call response to contingencies, including national disasters."Aviation is almost always a limiting factor," Lengyel told the Defense Writers Group in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 12. "Hardly anyone has enough aviation assets to do it all themselves when it happens. That's been true across…
Guard Response Limited By Number of Aviation Assets, Lengyel Says
Frank Wolfe
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