Northern Command study still pending

Official: Alaska Stands To Get Apache Helicopters, Gray Eagle Drones

/ April 17, 2015 at 4:47 PM
The Army plans to move AH-64 Apaches and other gear to Alaska in the next few years, but is waiting on a Northern Command-led study on military operations in the Arctic before proceeding, according to a top Army operations official. Maj. Gen. Gary Cheek, assistant deputy chief of staff for Army operations and plans (G-3/5/7), told Inside the Army that the service will transfer 24 Apaches from Germany to Alaska in fiscal year 2017 as part of the Aviation Restructuring...

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