WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The office of Sen. Bob Casey has issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5) announced that, after years of pushing the U.S. Army to follow through on its decision to modernize its fleet of Ridley Park-made heavy lift helicopters, the Army will renew and extend production of its Chinook fleet, saving approximately 4,000 existing jobs and creating new good-paying union jobs in Delaware County. Boeing's plant in Ridley Park has employed generations of Delco workers creating world-class Chinook helicopters that are critical to U.S. military operations around the world.
"The people of Delaware County have served their country for generations by...