APACHE REPAIRS PEGGED AT $13.5 MILLION

By Thomas Duffy / November 10, 1999 at 5:00 AM
Army officials expect to spend $13.5 million to replace a bearing assembly in the tails of about 400 Apache helicopters, a job that should take between eight and 10 months, a Defense Department spokesman said yesterday. Last Friday, the Army issued a safety-of-flight message requesting that all 743 Apaches be inspected before their next flight to examine the hangar bearing assembly that aids in powering the aircraft (see DefenseAlert, Nov. 8). Following an Apache crash last January at Ft. Rucker,...

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