The Army wants congressional permission to reprogram $111 million to pay for 21 additional LUH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters for the service's training fleet at Ft. Rucker, AL, according to the fiscal year 2014 omnibus reprogramming request obtained by InsideDefense.com . The service plans to retire all of its TH-67 training helicopters and replace them with 200 Lakotas. The Army also plans to retire all of its OH-58 Kiowa Warriors and use AH-64 Apaches and Shadow unmanned aircraft for armed...
