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Former US Army Depot Bosses Arrested For Faking UH-60 Rotor Blade Records

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Former US Army Depot Bosses Arrested For Faking UH-60 Rotor Blade Records
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters carrying distinguished visitors arrive for Army Day 2018, Feb. 9, 2018, Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait. Army Day was the opening event for U.S. Central Command’s Component Commanders Conference that allowed U.S. Army Central to showcase the Army’s capabilities at the theater level. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ty McNeeley, U.S. ARCENT PAO)

Two former supervisors at the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas have been arrested for passing off non-conforming UH-60 Black Hawk rotor blades as meeting U.S. Army specifications, according to a statement from the U.S. Justice Department.Albert Flores, 57, and Samuel Escareno, 54, made their initial appearance before a magistrate for the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas and were taken into custody, according to the statement. Both men are scheduled for a detention hearing Aug. 30.A federal grand…

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