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Old October 20th, 2020, 01:40 PM
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Fallout Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

I did mention in my last post that the USMC PLAN 2030 could effect some of what I posted, and now, it has. The reason I left the F/A-18A END date unchanged was in anticipation that PLAN 2030 might cause it to maybe have that date shifted to the left. I figured it would go "sooner than later" and be the first aviation asset to be cut.

It appears I was wrong.

I left also the AH-1W END date untouched as well, per the USMC AVIATION PLAN 2019 not for reason connected to PLAN 2030 but, because that date made sense from a "transition" point of view.

The USMC retired the AH-1W yesterday 19 OCT. 2020 AND FROM REF.2 the final Sortie was flown on...
"The last AH-1W sortie was flown on Oct. 14 by HMLA-773 Detachment A at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana."

So there you have it.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...upercobra-helo
https://seapowermagazine.org/marine-...a-helicopters/


There's plenty more where they came on the web now but, these should be enough.

Regards,
Pat
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