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To: lbryce

Here is a Heritage Foundation article, a source better than this nutcase.

The Heritage Foundation:
Congress Should Avert Delays in the Army’s Aviation Restructuring Plans

“The Army’s decision to transfer AH-64 Apache helicopters from the National Guard to the active force has sparked a debate that ultimately concerns the roles, missions, and contributions of these ground components. Congress should prevent unnecessary delays in the implementation of these plans while making a stronger commitment to providing the resources that the armed forces need to maintain national security.”
(snip)
“Congress should support the Army’s efforts to rebalance its assets in a way that benefits both active and Guard components. This can be done by resisting attempts to slow the plan from being executed as quickly as possible while also striving to fund the requirements of the Army and other services more robustly.

Win-Win for Active Army and National Guard

As proposed, the Army’s Aviation Restructure Concept will transfer all of the Guard’s 192 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to the active component and 15 percent of the active component’s UH-60 Blackhawk utility helicopters to the Guard and Reserve.”


9 posted on 04/19/2014 1:49:27 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: ansel12
Apache's are great attack helicopters, but maintenance night-mares.
Black Hawks are (relatively) easy to maintain (in comparison, anyways).
55 posted on 04/19/2014 3:16:53 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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