Army aviation seeks big-picture approach to curb life-cycle costs
by Mr. David Vergun and Mr. Steve Stark
WARTIME FOOTING
Over the past several years of combat operations, the Army has focused on quickly procuring and fielding equipment such as this CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Task Force Thunder, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Now, the focus is shifting to a systems approach, to find ways to make sustainment much more efficient. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Joseph Green, 159th CAB Public Affairs)