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It was also the US Army's expectation with the CH-47D to CH-47F; however, by the time the old airframes were stripped, cleaned, assessed and repaired the gap was very small - hence why the US Army ended up with a lot more new builds than the original plan.
USN ended up in the same boat regarding the SH-60B/F remanufacture into SH-60R. All said and done, the "refurbish" didn't pan out, so new R's instead of the original remanufacture plan.