As the US Army continues its downsizing through budget cuts its aviation branch is keeping to its own Aviation Restructuring Initiative (ARI), maintaining a positive outlook on future capability. The US strategic policy to drawdown its force in Europe has seen units and equipment being methodically pulled back home. According to US European Command (EUCOM), the size of the US Army Europe has fallen from 213,000 soldiers in 1990 to around 28,000 in 2015 in seven major garrisons (originally around 850). One of the most recent withdrawals were 37 UH-60 BLACK HAWKs from Katterback, Germany. They were part of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), which is being restructured as part of the US Army's five vear ARI.
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机译：随着美国陆军通过削减预算继续缩减规模，其航空部门正在坚持自己的航空重组计划（ARI），对未来能力保持乐观的态度。美国削减其在欧洲的力量的战略政策使部队和装备被有计划地撤回国内。根据美国欧洲司令部（EUCOM）的数据，欧洲陆军的规模已从1990年的213,000名士兵减少到2015年的7个主要驻军的约28,000名士兵（最初为850名）。最近撤出的飞机之一是从德国Katterback起飞的37架UH-60 BLACK HAWK。它们是第12战斗航空旅（CAB）的一部分，该旅正在改组为美国陆军的5个VEAR ARI的一部分。
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