Army logistics units in Afghanistan are spending millions of dollars contracting heavy lift helicopters to move supplies in support of the expected 3,900 additional troops headed for that country in coming months.U.S. military rotorcraft in Afghanistan are spared the less glamorous missions of delivering mail, food, water and ammunition to distributed bases and instead reserved for high-risk missions in austere locations in direct support of Afghan National Defense Forces and combat operations, according to Army documentation obtained by sister publication Rotor &…
Army Spending Millions On Contract Aviation To Support Afghanistan Troop Increase
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Dan Parsons
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