Henry J Cobb wrote:
R. David Steele wrote:
The Navy is looking to end the CH-46 while the Army is still
funding the CH-47. We will need to have a replacement for the
46/47 as we really do not have a heavy helo without them.
If the Army went for the V-22 would the AF object that it's "fixed
wing"?
The Army already flies plenty of fixed wing aircraft, and are talking about
replacing existing ones as aprt of the same plan that does away with
Comanche.
An armed Army Osprey might annoy the Air Force, though, thanks to Key West.
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