By Ann Roosevelt The Army this month turned over the first of four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) component. "They've already got 16 A [Black Hawk] models, and they're buying now four of the M models," Brig. Gen. William Crosby, program executive officer Aviation, told Defense Daily. "As we're delivering these four new M models, we're also rebuilding their 16 A models as well...when we get through with them…
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