An MH-60R flies in front of the first-in-its-subclass USS Freedom. USN
Warzone/The Drive: The Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS Debacle
The service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage.
Problems with the Littoral Combat Ship program and basic lack of communication between Navy bureaucrats have left the service paying millions of dollars to store dozens of Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters it has no immediate need for. The service has tried to offer a silver lining by saying it will now use the excess choppers to help extend the service life of the two fleets overall by spacing out flight hours across more airframes, but it's not clear how much money it will actually recoup in the process.
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WNU editor: Another example where the left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing.
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