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US Army: stop funds for CH-47 Chinook Block II helicopters

It would allow funding for other programs to be released

The US military would have planned to suspend investments in the development of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook Block II helicopter, so that Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy stated -in an interview- that only CH-47G will be purchased (for the special operations) starting in 2020. A "necessary" cut, albeit "painful", but which will make it possible to release funds necessary to modernize the army's equipment,...

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Washington, USA, 03/18/2019 14:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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