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U.S. Army exercised option for 12 additional UH-72As

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The U.S. Army has exercised an option for 12 more UH-72A helicopters. The 12 aircraft on this latest contract option will be delivered starting in August of 2017.

121st Medical Company fly UH-72A Lakota helicopters
By U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy/Released (VIRIN:090306-A-2421S-221) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The service plans to use this batch of rotor-craft for pilot training.

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