[BobL]

“Army Cancels FARA Helicopter Program, Makes Other Cuts in Major Aviation Shakeup”

Take that Putin, we don’t need no Helicopters no more!!!!

[grcuster]

I wonder if more programs/funding cut to redirect funds to Ukraine if the Administration and Rinos don’t get their way. Its not legal, but this occupier doesn’t care about their constitutional restrictions.

[katana]

The replacement for the UH-60 is a new tilt rotor design, the Bell V-280. FARA is (was?) a program to replace the Apache attack helicopter. It's possible that watching how Russian attack copters are faring against manpads is causing some pause for reevaluation. And maybe the Apache isn't quite as ready for the scrapyard as they thought.

PS: Have never been a fan of the Osprey, but the V-280 looks like a far better design with very impressive performance.

[TonyM]

Our progressive soldiers probably complained that helicopters tended to mess up their hair when they got near them.