Originally Posted by
The Sultan
So now we have 64's doing scouting missions poorly.
I am not sure that you can say that with confidence, nor that you have any metrics to support that statement. Note: I thought the Kiowa Warrior was a great asset.
Please don't ignore how much the UAV/RPV family of unmanned aircraft, of sizes down to hand launched, have intruded on the manned recon mission's rice bowl. I got a good look at that in OIF about ten years ago, and the UAV's role has grown since. FWIW, I suspect that ARH was a victim of bad timing ... +/- two years on that acquisition time line and I suspect it would not have been cnx'd.