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Commander gives Navy airframe plan good review
Commander gives Navy airframe plan good review
(EXCERPT) , By Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Wednesday, July 9, 2003 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — The Navy’s plan to transform its helicopter force by ditching most of its current airframes will alter missions radically and help reduce maintenance and logistics problems, the commander of an Atsugi-based helicopter squadron said this week. Over the next dozen years, every squadron in the fleet will be flying either the MH-60S or MH-60R Sea Hawk, Navy officials say. That means shrinking seven helicopter “communities,” as military aviators call them, to two. “This is going to be a good thing for everyone. The battle group commanders will get more direct operational control over their air assets and everyone will be using a common airframe,” said Cmdr. Baxter Goodly, commander of the HS-14 “Chargers” squadron. “The concept is a very good one. It will provide the car... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 08 Jul 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=16416 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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