Posted on Jan 24, 2018
Appeals court sides with U.S. Army on Lakota helicopter buy - Vertical Magazine
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We've got the 72 in the AL Guard and the first time I saw one up close I was afraid to breathe on it because I was worried I'd break it.
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It's annoying that defense contractors will (ab)use the court system dragging out and increasing the cost for an entire system just because they didn't get a contract they wanted.
On a related note, I got to see a Lakota up close when one landed on the USS Iowa in 2015, it was only the second helo landing on the ship and the first by a military aircraft since the ship was decommissioned in 1990. The bird looked great in OpFor livery.
On a related note, I got to see a Lakota up close when one landed on the USS Iowa in 2015, it was only the second helo landing on the ship and the first by a military aircraft since the ship was decommissioned in 1990. The bird looked great in OpFor livery.
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PO2 Robert Aitchison
Army UH-72 Helicopter Lands on Battleship USS Iowa - 07 Nov 2015
For our Veterans Day festival guests aboard Battleship Iowa were treated to a display by a U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota helicopter landing on the fantail of the Ba...
As a bonus here's a video I got of the landing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFul8O08Hs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFul8O08Hs
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO2 Robert Aitchison - "Flight Quarter, Flight Quarters, Many Your Flight Quarters Stations"
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