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Helos need upgrades to perform special ops ‘quieter, with fewer aircraft’: PEO Rotary Wing Libya and Syria join Turkey’s flagship military exercise in historic firsts Lockheed breaks ground on new THAAD interceptor plant, as Pentagon pushes for more weapons production Inside Sen. Ted Budd’s plan to boost airpower, pilot retention General Atomics CCA drone returns to flight Helos need upgrades to perform special ops ‘quieter, with fewer aircraft’: PEO Rotary Wing Libya and Syria join Turkey’s flagship military exercise in historic firsts Lockheed breaks ground on new THAAD interceptor plant, as Pentagon pushes for more weapons production Inside Sen. Ted Budd’s plan to boost airpower, pilot retention General Atomics CCA drone returns to flight
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Helos need upgrades to perform special ops ‘quieter, with fewer aircraft’: PEO Rotary Wing

Special Operations Command’s fleet of MH-60Ms and MH-47Gs — operated by the 160th Nightstalkers Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) — could benefit from technology injections coming from the MV-75 Cheyenne, said PEO Rotary Wing Steve Smith.

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