The biggest mistake that US Air Force Special Ops made was retiring the MH-53J. The CV-22 is great...I like the MH-60s but SOCOM needs the size and space that was lost with the retirement of these helicopters. Want a perfect example of what a modernized MH-53J could have looked like?
Check out what EADS did for the German's with the CH-53GA. This is a work of art.
SOCOM does have the MH-47G. Not quite as big, but still a reasonably heavy lifter.
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the 160th has the MH-47G...US Air Force Special Ops only has the CV-22 and the MH-60. not quite in the same class. additionally while the MH-47 is doing great work, its still a low number high use asset that's having its rotors flown off.
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