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Gabe Evans: “For a Black hawk helicopter, it's 15 maintenance hours for…”

Featuring: Gabe Evans, Republican | U.S. Representative, Colorado's 8th Congressional District

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HEART OF A LION! w/ CO District 8 Candidate Gabe Evans

Published | Video Starts at 16:53

And so when you talk about military aviation, you know, especially when Top Gun 2 has just come out, everybody thinks about, you know, Tom Cruise, Maverick out flying aircraft. Well, For a Black hawk helicopter, it's 15 maintenance hours for every one flight. So as the commander of that outfit, I actually spend most of my time focused on the logistics of maintenance and the logistics of air crew training. (16:53–16:58)

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