[jsanders2001]

I thought all the very old helicopters were yanked from the National Guard because the administration thought they were a potential threat or some other crazy crap like that.

[Ben Ficklin]

The Guard has the Apaches and the military wants them and wants the guard to use the older Blackhawks.

Its a sequester problem, but apparently, as this stage, the Senate is siding with the Guard.

There is an AP article from this morning that gives more details.