($10 million dollar) Lakota Replaces Huey at Belvoir

[unhappycamper]

Lakota Replaces Huey at Belvoir

August 17, 2010
Army News Service|by Matthew Hickman

WASHINGTON -- The Army extended the presence of the UH-72A Lakota Helicopter into the Military District of Washington, Aug. 11, as it replaced the UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter, or Huey, at Fort Belvoir's Davison Army Airfield.

The Lakota light utility helicopter, a commercial aircraft produced in Columbus, Miss., is used by the Army to conduct homeland security and give administrative and logistic support to training centers. It began replacing the UH-60 Blackhawks in medical evacuation missions when they were sent to Fort Irwin, Calif., in 2007.

The helicopter has since been fielded at Fort Eustis, Va., Fort Polk, La., the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Maryland and the U.S. Military Academy in New York. It's also being used outside of the continental United States in Puerto Rico, the Marshall Islands and by the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany.

"We're in the process of setting standards in how quickly we can get critical programs to our Soldiers in the field," said Col. Neil Thurgood, the project manager for the Lakota helicopter.

One hundred thirteen helicopters have been fielded across the military to both active-duty and National Guard units, with most going to the Guard.


unhappycamper comment: Previous threads on this sweet little $10 million dollar helicopter:

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A billion here, a billion there. It eventually adds up to real money.......