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Official: Army’s Aviation Cuts ‘Deeper’ Than Expected, Still Working Details On Planned Divestments

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Official: Army’s Aviation Cuts ‘Deeper’ Than Expected, Still Working Details On Planned Divestments
U.S. Army Sgt. Hector Valadez, left, an AH-64 attack helicopter repairer assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, briefs Maj. Gen. Clair Gill, right, commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Novosel, on AH-64 Apache phase maintenance operations in Powidz, Poland, April 28, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A lead Army aviation official said the service is still working through the details on carrying out planned divestments as part of its new transformation initiative, some of which could be adjusted, while adding that further changes are “absolutely” expected. Maj. Gen. Clair Gill, the Army aviation branch chief, told reporters the cuts announced over the last couple weeks as the service rolled out the new Army Transformation Initiative “were “maybe deeper than we thought they were going…

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