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Army Official Warns Excess Aircraft Could Hamper Modernization Efforts

Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

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A key Army official warned Dec. 18 that congressional efforts to require the service to carry more aircraft than necessary could hamper the service’s aircraft modernization efforts.“The Army’s getting smaller and aviation is not immune to that,” Army Col. Walter Rugen, chief of aviation division G8, said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in downtown Washington. “So if we’re forced to keep additional structure that’s not part of the program, or procure additional aircraft that is not…

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