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Armed reconnaissance still biggest gap in US Army aviation

By: Jen Judson, April 28, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Army repeatedly stressed at the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual summit that the biggest gap it has is the one left open when it retired its armed reconnaissance helicopter — the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior — without replacing the fleet with a new aircraft.

And the service won’t get to replace it with the first variant of its Future Vertical Lift aircraft because a medium-lift helicopter — that would meet more of an Army utility mission — is seen as a bigger need across the joint force, according to Army officials at AAAA. Since FVL is a joint program, the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Special Operations also have a strong voice in the matter.

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/armed-reconnaissance-still-biggest-gap-in-army-aviation
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