AviationGeeks.com - Air Force to hold competition for new choppers

Air Force top brass has apparently decided against a quick fix program of trying to piggyback on Army orders for new Black Hawk helicopters and will hold formal competitions for replacements for its Huey domestic transport/utility birds and another for a combat search-and-rescue craft. 

DoDBuzz says the process for selecting a replacement for the Hueys, which are largely used to patrol missile bases and shuttle personnel, could begin later this year. The timetable for beginning work on replacing the HH-60s now used for search-and-rescue would likely not begin until sometime in 2012.

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