100 Years of Warfighter Support: Remembering Susquehanna’s helicopter repair mission
As the 1970’s approached, the Defense Distribution Center, Suquehanna, then known as the New Cumberland General Depot, was still heavily involved in Chinook maintenance, and, in 1970, added a Rotor Blade Inspection and Minor Repair Program to process all blades within the Army system. This project included a $2.2 million rotor blade overhaul facility and whirl tower. The whirl tower, shown above, was installed to process all blades within the Army system.