USAF goes for more operationally expensive helicopter in thin budget times

Via Inside Defense (subscription). This is the kind of dumb thinking we are stuck with:

UH-1N Squadron Commander Throws Support Behind Black Hawk Swap

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD -- The commander of the Defense Department's largest operational UH-1N Huey helicopter squadron this week put his support behind the possibility of replacing that airframe with reconfigured Army UH-60 Black Hawks, an idea circulating among Air Force and congressional leadership.

The Blackhawk cost more per flying hour.