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AUSA Aviation: TRADOC Commander says army needs to strike fine aviation balance
Opening AUSA’s annual aviation conference, General Robert Cone, Commanding General US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), spoke of the difficulty that the army faces in striking the right balance between near-term readiness and longer term modernisation.
‘We don’t want to buy too much near-term readiness at the expense of ...
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