GAO: Combat Rescue Helicopter fielding schedule poses reserve training problems

By Rachel Cohen / August 16, 2018 at 1:47 PM
The Air Force will maintain its plan to field new Combat Rescue Helicopters starting in fiscal year 2020 despite looming problems for training reserve squadrons, because changing the schedule would require renegotiating its contract with Sikorsky, according to a new Government Accountability Office report . The issue concerns reserve training squadrons at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, and Nellis AFB, NV, which will own only the CRH by 2025 but have to continue flying legacy HH-60G Pave Hawks until 2028...

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