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November 25, 2013

Connecticut Democrats Vow To Fight For New Combat Rescue Helicopter

Sequestration Could Cut Replacement Of The Sikorsky Pave-Hawk

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) have vowed to fight budget cuts to the U.S. Air Force’s combat rescue helicopter program in response to reports that the program was on the chopping block as a result of sequester. Cutting the program would mean that the U.S. Air Force’s aging fleet of Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters would not be replaced by 112 newer aircraft.  

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