Personnel load the first of two UH-60A utility helicopters onto a C17 at an airfield in Huntsville Sept. 15. The two aircraft are the first of 159 Black Hawks that will be shipped to Afghanistan as part of the Army’s effort to modernize the Afghan Air Force with its aging fleet of Soviet Mi-17 aircraft. “The high utilization and accelerated attrition rate of the Mi-17 fleet has made the transition to Black Hawks essential to the Afghan forces’ ability to maintain a high operations tempo as they battle against insurgent forces,” said the program executive officer for Aviation, Brig. Gen. T
Personnel load the first of two UH-60A utility helicopters onto a C17 at an airfield in Huntsville Sept. 15. The two aircraft are the first of 159 Black Hawks that will be shipped to Afghanistan as part of the Army’s effort to modernize the Afghan Air Force with its aging fleet of Soviet Mi-17 aircraft. “The high utilization and accelerated attrition rate of the Mi-17 fleet has made the transition to Black Hawks essential to the Afghan forces’ ability to maintain a high operations tempo as they battle against insurgent forces,” said the program executive officer for Aviation, Brig. Gen. Thomas Todd.
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