Lunacy and utterly insane. The money train continues. We’ll still be there 20 years from now.
But these are not new aircraft - they are old, 1st gen. Black Hawks that have been SLEPed - We've got to do something with that aging part of our inventory, we don't fly Alpha's anymore.
And understand the frustration: "We’ll still be there 20 years from now." - but we're still everywhere from 70 years ago (Japan, Europe, etc).
Unless you're suggesting we pull chocks from the entire globe, this is the way it will have to be.