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Air-to-Air Refueling For FVL “Increasingly Important” For Army Special Operations Pilots

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 18th, 2019

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Air-to-Air Refueling For FVL “Increasingly Important” For Army Special Operations Pilots

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NASHVILLE--An air-to-air refueling capability for a Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform will be "increasingly important" for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, as the command seeks to sustain its operational versatility, Col. Jon Tussing, the deputy commander, told the Army Aviation Association of America's annual conference on Apr. 16. Tussing said that the command has a representative on the Army Futures Command's cross-functional team on FVL in order to weigh in on the FVL needs of the command at the…

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