Bloomberg)
-- The Pentagon has revealed a few details about a secret Army mission that has
Black Hawk helicopters flying missions over the Washington, D.C., area backed
by active-duty and reserve soldiers. The mysterious classified operation was
disclosed when the Army asked Congress for approval to shift funds to provide
an extra $1.55 million for aircraft maintenance, air crews and travel in
support of an “emerging classified flight mission.” It’s part of a $2.5 billion request this month to “reprogram” funds in the current fiscal year’s budget to programs considered high priorities. “Without additional funding, the Army will not be able to perform this classified mission,” the Defense Department said.
“Soldiers from assault helicopter company and aviation maintenance units will
be supporting the mission with 10 UH-60s and maintenance capabilities for four
months,” according to the document, referring to the Black Hawks.
The money will
also pay for a specialized “Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility” at
Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, just outside Washington. Army
spokesman Wayne Hall declined in an email to comment on some possibilities including
whether the mission involved protecting the White House or other federal
buildings and whether it’s making use of specialized commando units of the
Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command, which includes the Army’s Delta
unit and Navy’s Seal Team Six.
Hall said the operation began early in the
fiscal year, which started Oct. 1, and “the duration of the mission is
undetermined.”
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Army Lets Slip That
It's Conducting Secret Operation Around D.C.
Anthony Capaccio
July 22 2019, 11:14 AM
July 22 2019, 2:46 PM
(Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon has revealed a few details about a secret
Army mission that has Black Hawk helicopters flying missions over the
Washington, D.C., area backed by active-duty and reserve soldiers.
The mysterious classified operation was disclosed
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