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IKE said:
I was told recently that the Army has a statutory limit on the number of fixed wings aircraft it owns. Turns out that's false, but there are agreements with USAF limiting Army's FW capabilities. So, I bet you'll never catch a general admitting that tiltrotors are VTOL FW aircraft.

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The head of the Army's Fixed Wing procurement directorate was visiting in my office a few weeks ago. (he's a War College buddy of my boss). He had some interesting insights. Fixed Wing aircraft aren't going away in the Army anytime soon. And there is plenty of constructive debate going on regarding the current transformation in Army Aviation.
 
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