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MD Helicopters, makers of the MD-530F, wants to eventually break into the US military market, so successful live fire training would be step in the right direction toward that. Problem for MD is lack of new starts on the horizon due to Army helo money being spent on modernization of existing fleets.
The Afghan Air Force tactical air coordinators conducted live-fire training for the newly-supplied MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters shortly after they received the second batch of the helicopters from the United States. “Advisors from Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) watched as the Afghan coordinators called in air strikes on multiple targets,” the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Read the full article…