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  • New Black Hawks

    07/26/2006 7:51:05 AM PDT · by Zakeet · 22 replies · 893+ views
    The Fort Hood (Texas) Herald ^ | July 26, 2006 | Emily Baker
    A new bird soon will be flying over Fort Hood. While negotiations are ongoing on how much the UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter might cost the Army, the West Fort Hood-based Operational Test Command is set to try out the helicopter this fall. Pilots with the 21st Air Cavalry Brigade began training on the helicopter last week, and the first tests are scheduled to begin in October, said Lt. Col. Chip Lunn, product manager from Redstone Arsenal, Ala., who is coordinating the tests with the local command. The version is a solution to needing an upgraded helicopter but not having...