A key Air Force officer said June 1 the service could order more than the 112 HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) it is currently planning to procure.“Right now the order is 112, even that is a bit light on the number,” Air Combat Command (ACC) chief Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle told reporters following an Air Force Association (AFA) breakfast event in Arlington, Va. “The number of 112 CRHs is a minimum, we have to get to that many.”Air Force spokesman…
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