Blackhawk(s) Down for good.

      The Army has decided to use  Textron--a subsidiary Bell Helicopter--- for a new long-range assault helicopter—the Bell V-280 Valor—that will replace the service’s 40-plus-year-old UH-60 Black Hawk.

This is of more than passing interest to this part of Alabama. The base at Fort Rucker* has the largest Army helicopter facility in the country. And this is the chopper they may soon be teaching pilots to fly and mechanics to fix:

*Rucker will soon undergo a name change, eliminating the confederate-connected "Rucker" name.