U.S. Army Nears Key Decisions On Outsourced Helicopter Training | Aviation Week Network

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Tony Osborne
March 26, 2026

UH-72 Lakota

The Army has been training with 200 Airbus UH-72s at Fort Rucker since December 2015, but the helicopters’ mission could end soon.

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As the U.S. Army aviation community gathers in Nashville, Tennessee, for its annual Warfighting Summit, the service is preparing to make key decisions on the future of its rotary-wing training regime. Four proposals remain in contention for the Flight School Next program, which would provide a…

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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