A bipartisan cadre in the House is pushing the Air Force to purchase UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from the Army's block buy in an effort to speed up the UH-1N Huey replacement program. In a Feb. 26 letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), 15 House members are asking that the committee include language in the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill that would direct the Air Force to purchase the...
