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Defence budget's cuts: withheld the USAF bid for 93 helicopters

Washington, USA - Air Force announces it

The US press announced what is considered the first effects of the cuts that the government has made to ??the defense budget, making it known that the US Air Force has had to withhold the request for proposals for the renewal of the helicopters fleet; according to the CVLSP (Common vertical lift support programme) programme the Air Force would have had to acquire 93 new helicopters, in particular to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1134316
Rome, Italy, 09/28/2011 18:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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