NASHVILLE, Tenn.--–Part of the work of the Army’s new Fixed Wing Aircraft office is divesting the fleet of C-23 Sherpa cargo aircraft that provided intra theater personnel and cargo lift during the Iraq war, a service officer said. The Sherpa was built by Bombardier’s Short Brothers unit in Northern Ireland. “We’re still divesting them. We retired 34 last year. We’ll do seven this year, and between now and the beginning of FY ’15 we’ll divest the rest of the 38,"…
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