I am hearing that during Sec. Hagel's visit to Ft. Rucker, the Army was briefing that they should take over all of helicopter training and make it a joint at Ft. Rucker.
So let me get this right.
The Army makes a poor decision without any analysis and decides to be the only operator on the planet to try and use the UH-72 (EC-145) as an initial training helicopter (which it is not suited for) because they have no other use for it, and now wants to share the wealth of that poor decision with the Navy who at least following the proper path and doing some analysis to determine what the right (TH-57) replacement helicopter should be?
DoD tried to drive primary flight training together with the USN & USAF for the T-6 (Texan II) and both have since walked away vowing not to do it again.
Navy better find their voice or based on the fact that the Sec. Def has already bought everything the Army has sold him so far, this could be the beginning of the end of helicopter training in Pensacola.
