Retired Colonel Wally Istchenko, a helicopter test pilot, explains how regular maintenance is able to find larger issues with aircraft.
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Our equipment is bought from the lowest bidder. Those rucksacks, the new boots ruined a generation of infantryman, then ya hear about these helicopters being in pathetic shape, ugh, frustrating is the word here. Stop paying lip service to our men and women in uniform and get them proper equipment, fair is fair.
In the early 2000s the troops in Afghanistan had to rely on allied forces for air support….