If the Dutch ever show up our troops will probably end up flying in them.HitorMiss said:Sold to the Dutch, who still fly them today.
If the Dutch ever show up our troops will probably end up flying in them.HitorMiss said:Sold to the Dutch, who still fly them today.
You should be my accountant - I'm sure I'd get some more on my tax return....
C and P said:If the Dutch ever show up our troops will probably end up flying in them.
BillN said:Duey,
I hope you shed an appropriate tear when you did your walk through :-[
Regards,
Bill
2Bravo said:Sell the Snowbirds and the Griffons.
2B
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/33069.30.htmlWe need the gunships to go with the CH47s.
Hope that if you intend to dump the Griffons, you're planning to replace em with other light helos.... CH47 are a little bit "large" for most tasks.2Bravo said:C17 = good thing we should buy today without any messing around
CH47 = vital thing we should have bought yesterday.
We need the gunships to go with the CH47s.
Sell the Snowbirds and the Griffons.
2B
geo said:Hope that if you intend to dump the Griffons, you're planning to replace em with other light helos.... CH47 are a little bit "large" for most tasks.
Common fleet of H-92's
2Bravo said:If the Griffon can do casevac/medevac in Kandahar province then it can stay in limited numbers. Otherwise it is stealing manpower and O&M from potential birds that can do the real lifting.
A serious army would have AH-64s (not even Longbows), CH-47s and UH-60s as its baseline. CH-47s do most of the stuff we normally associate with "Hueys" in Afghanistan.
Cheers,
2B
KevinB said:I think the Griffon can still be used for some SOF roles -- inserting SR teams, and times that its limited payload is not a big drag. Heck some single engine Hueys fly here...
However I would suggest that 2B is 110% correct -- for any major usage the Chinook gets the nod here.
If they current Ch146 airframe where used for dedicated CSAR and Med-Evac/Dustoff roles - it would still be a player conventionally -- however its use other than that is NIL
Duey said:Concur, I think 146 in a specific, light role would work well, but we also need the heavy capability yesterday.
Cheers,
Duey