Ghost of Comanche Haunts Army Helicopter Leaders as They Push for New Models

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Army Aviation officers want a family of new helicopters. Not now, but 20 years from now. Two decades may sound like a long time - but its is not when developing Army rotary wing aircraft. Brig. Gen. Anthony Crutchfield, Army aviation commanding general, said the service needs to build new rotary wing aircraft by 2030, and the process must begin soon. "I don't want my grandchildren to be flying the UH-60 Zulu model," he said at the Association of the United States Army aviation conference.