RAF Pumas to Afghanistan
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Good news!
Nice to see the work spread around the JHC fully. Its about time others get a break from the deployments.
Cows.....I suppose a 4 month Det in 2002 is sufficiently in the past and was significantly different from the Ops that have been conducted for the past 8 years by other types.....
Nice to see the airframe getting out and about and earning its keep!
Nice to see the work spread around the JHC fully. Its about time others get a break from the deployments.
Cows.....I suppose a 4 month Det in 2002 is sufficiently in the past and was significantly different from the Ops that have been conducted for the past 8 years by other types.....
Nice to see the airframe getting out and about and earning its keep!
So if we're in agreement that they have had a turn out there, is it acceptable to ask why it's taken so long for them to return? Was it simply a break before the upgrade, or something else?
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Muppet,
At that time the Puma Fce was fairly small in comparison with the Chinook, Lynx and Sea King fleets.
Pumas were based in Bosnia from 2002-2004 (ish) and heavily committed in Iraq from 2003-2009 as well as maintain their presence in Northern Ireland.
So prior to the wind down for the Life Extension Programme they were already pretty busy.
At that time the Puma Fce was fairly small in comparison with the Chinook, Lynx and Sea King fleets.
Pumas were based in Bosnia from 2002-2004 (ish) and heavily committed in Iraq from 2003-2009 as well as maintain their presence in Northern Ireland.
So prior to the wind down for the Life Extension Programme they were already pretty busy.
