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Archive Home > 2005 > April > 30 > Senators urge review of chopper contracts

Senators urge review of chopper contracts

By Monica Mercer / The Bulletin
April 30, 2005

WASHINGTON - Oregon's senators have directed the federal government to look at how it issues contracts for firefighting helicopters as the West approaches what is predicted to be an acute wildfire season.

Helicopter contractors have complained that the government had paid them under a different....

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