Against Army’s wishes, Congress primes pump to buy newest CH-47 variant for active force

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Against Army’s wishes, Congress primes pump to buy newest CH-47 variant for active force
By: Jen Judson   1 day ago
 

WASHINGTON — Congressional appropriators and authorizers have increased advance procurement funds for the newest variant of the CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter as preparation to supply the aircraft to the Army’s active force, even though the service asked to only buy a small number of the helos in fiscal 2020 for special operations.

The service’s decision to cut the aircraft from the active force was based on the need to free up future cash to cover the cost of an ambitious plan to buy two new future vertical lift aircraft for long-range assault and attack reconnaissance missions.

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/12/17/against-armys-wishes-congress-primes-pump-to-buy-newest-ch-47-variant-for-active-force/

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We are fortunate, as a country, to have so many retired flag officers in congress so they can tell the military what it needs.