Tag Archive for ‘Chinook’
Where now for Medium Lift Helicopters
Image via Wikipedia I have resisted commenting too early on the announcement that the Government is going to scrap the Medium-lift helicopter programme. As the Prospective MP for Yeovil I am clearly very keen that we back Augusta Westland and I am pleased that there are at least some discussions ongoing as to whether they [...]
The appalling record of helicopter deployment in Afganistan
The quote I have detailed below is taken from todays Daily Telegraph and highlights, if it needed highlighting, the ridiculous under resourcing of UK troops in Afghanistan. The US have got 10 times more helicopters, being used by 20% less troops, than the UK forces. Because Gordon Brown cut back the procurement budget for helicoptors [...]
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