bobdina
06-07-2009, 09:33 PM
Rescue for CSAR
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering a joint combat search-and-rescue mission — and the pilots and maintainers of the Air Force’s aging 100 HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters are understandably worried.
Gates mentioned the possibility of a joint CSAR force right after he recommended killing the Air Force’s long-suffering CSAR-X helicopter program. Morale in the Air Force’s rescue community nose-dived. One Pave Hawk pilot suggested Gates is confusing mission with acquisition.
Not true. The Air Force bungled the CSAR-X selection process and as a result left the oft-delayed, $15 billion program vulnerable when the budget ax was out. link to rest of story http://www.militarytimes.com/community/opinion/airforce_editorial_csar_051109/
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering a joint combat search-and-rescue mission — and the pilots and maintainers of the Air Force’s aging 100 HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters are understandably worried.
Gates mentioned the possibility of a joint CSAR force right after he recommended killing the Air Force’s long-suffering CSAR-X helicopter program. Morale in the Air Force’s rescue community nose-dived. One Pave Hawk pilot suggested Gates is confusing mission with acquisition.
Not true. The Air Force bungled the CSAR-X selection process and as a result left the oft-delayed, $15 billion program vulnerable when the budget ax was out. link to rest of story http://www.militarytimes.com/community/opinion/airforce_editorial_csar_051109/