05-05-2018, 19:15
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Marines want Russian-styled aircraft to realistically practice challenging them
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/fl...allenging-them/.
The Marine Corps wants to get acclimated to fighting peer-level adversaries with peer-level air forces, and a new request shows it’s starting with Russian-styled aircraft.
Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command filed the solicitation Thursday, requesting either a Mi-24 HIND attack helicopter or Mi-17 HIP transport helicopter capable of using tracking pods compatible with the training range in Yuma, Arizona.
“The attack helicopter, due to its size, flight profile, firepower and defensive maneuvering capabilities, constitutes a unique threat creating a realistic, dissimilar and credible opposing force,” the solicitation reads.
The attack helicopters are intended to be used to interrupt Marines calling in close air support and conducting artillery and air defense missions. Additionally, the solicitation requests an aircraft capable of conducting “intelligence collection on friendly forces” and “air to ground attack of friendly forces.”
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