Not cleared for take-off: Biden’s new chopper gets the thumbs down
White House military office yet to approve a first flight after Pentagon tests find the aircraft isn’t ‘operationally effective’
23 November 2021 - 19:25
US President Joe Biden’s first flight on the new presidential helicopter built by Lockheed Martin is being delayed after a report by the Pentagon’s testing unit warned that it’s not yet “operationally suitable” or sufficiently reliable — especially in an emergency...
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