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Schultz Sees Coast Guard Drawing Down MH-65 Fleet, Increasing MH-60 Numbers

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

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Schultz Sees Coast Guard Drawing Down MH-65 Fleet, Increasing MH-60 Numbers

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. Photo: Coast Guard

As the Coast Guard waits for opportunities to emerge in a decade or more with future rotary-wing designs, in the interim the service is looking at expanding its fleet of MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters and drawing down its number of shorter-range MH-65 Dolphin helicopters, which are no longer in production, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said on Thursday. The MH-60T aircraft, which are from the same family of helicopters as the Army Blackhawk and Navy Seahawk helicopters, “has a robust…

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