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STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) - A five-week-old strike at Sikorsky Aircraft is causing "rapidly dwindling" supplies of spare parts for a military helicopter used in Iraq and around the world, a U.S. Navy spokesman said.
The strike by 3,500 Teamsters is forcing the Navy to borrow parts from helicopters undergoing maintenance in order to keep the Seahawk helicopters in operation, Capt. Thomas Van Leunen, spokesman for the Navy's chief acquisition officer, told The Associated Press.
"The on-hand supplies are rapidly dwindling," Van Leunen said late Tuesday. "It has started to have a pretty significant impact on the H-60 fleet."
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