
The Army’s Aviation Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) continues to be a bone of contention as far as moving National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopters to the active component, an issue pursued in Thursday’s House Appropriations Committee defense panel.Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) had a fast exchange with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno on the Apache issue. Boeing [BA] is the prime contractor for Apache.“The guard has been doing this mission for quite a while, have they done a remarkable job,”…