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Army

First UH-72A Security And Support Mission Helicopter Is Operational

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

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EADS North America’s first UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) equipped with the Security and Support (S&S) Battalion Mission Equipment Package (MEP) has entered operational service with the Mississippi National Guard’s Company C, 1st of the 114th Security and Support Battalion. This first S&S Battalion UH-72A Lakota was built and retrofitted in Columbus, Miss., by the company’s American Eurocopter business unit. “This new configuration provides a significant capability increase for the Army National Guard and the federal, state and local…

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