Would the AH-6J (Little Bird make a good, low cost, helicopter for force protection?

On Mon, 17 May 2004 00:10:37 -0400, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:




Not in units but I hear the Arizona desert has many, many Loach
frames/fuselages laying in the desert just waiting to be
overhauled/rebuilt.

You are joking, right? The last Loaches left the Army years ago, and they
are not going to be upgrading/rebuilding any of them, of that you can be
assured. They are likely recycling them, though...



In actuality, the Army is still flying 8 V-tailed OH-6As, as MH-6Cs.
They are part of the SOATC.

As for the rest, they are mostly gone. Over 900 were lost in RVN
alone. The largest current user of OH-6As is the Border Patrol.

John Hairell )

"John Hairell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 May 2004 00:10:37 -0400, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:




Not in units but I hear the Arizona desert has many, many Loach
frames/fuselages laying in the desert just waiting to be
overhauled/rebuilt.

You are joking, right? The last Loaches left the Army years ago, and they
are not going to be upgrading/rebuilding any of them, of that you can be
assured. They are likely recycling them, though...



In actuality, the Army is still flying 8 V-tailed OH-6As, as MH-6Cs.
They are part of the SOATC.

You know, after I wrote that I started recalling that I had seen an article
somewhere that indicated they had redesignated a handful for the 160th SOAR
folks to use in training.


As for the rest, they are mostly gone. Over 900 were lost in RVN
alone. The largest current user of OH-6As is the Border Patrol.

I think some local law enforcement organizations got some, too, through the
reutilization process for military equipment. I thought the last "regular"
OH-6 left the ARNG about five years or more ago?

Brooks


John Hairell )