Production workers at Airbus Helicopters Inc.’s Columbus, Miss., plant celebrated its record as a supplier of UH-72A Lakota helicopters for the Army. In the past month, the Army awarded a contract to AHI for 51 more helicopters to be produced through 2020. AHI has delivered 423 Lakota aircraft under previous Army contracts and modifications, including helicopters that are in use with the U.S. Navy and Royal Thai Army. The Lakota fleet recently surpassed 500,000 flight hours in a variety of missions across the globe. The Army utilizes the Lakota for a variety of missions including homeland security, drug interdiction, general support, logistics, humanitarian aid, medical evacuations and eventually as aviation training primarily at Fort Rucker, Ala. (Source: Mississippi Business Journal 05/07/18)
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