Cuts to UK Apache fleet
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Cuts to UK Apache fleet
Sorry no link for this but I am hearing that around 20% to 25% of the British Army Apache fleet are to be mothballed.
With 2sq on Tornado GR4 disbanding next year and in recent years 12, 13, 14 and 617 having all gone there is soon going to be hardly anything left.
When they dumped the Jaguar I assumed they would stick with Harrier and Tornado, but they came for the Harrier, scalped some GR4s at the same time, binned the Tornado F-3 totally and now are rapidly binning the GR4s. Along side this there are still very few Typhoons and likely ever will be, plus if F-35 comes then it will be in such small numbers as to almost be useless.
Yet the dear Prime Minister enjoys talking tough with regards NATO!
With 2sq on Tornado GR4 disbanding next year and in recent years 12, 13, 14 and 617 having all gone there is soon going to be hardly anything left.
When they dumped the Jaguar I assumed they would stick with Harrier and Tornado, but they came for the Harrier, scalped some GR4s at the same time, binned the Tornado F-3 totally and now are rapidly binning the GR4s. Along side this there are still very few Typhoons and likely ever will be, plus if F-35 comes then it will be in such small numbers as to almost be useless.
Yet the dear Prime Minister enjoys talking tough with regards NATO!
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Is that 20-25% of the flying fleet! or the same percentage of the total bought.
There is a big difference there, and if 20-25% of the total buy was mothballed we would probably have more airframes to fly
There is a big difference there, and if 20-25% of the total buy was mothballed we would probably have more airframes to fly
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They are talking about it here along with other things.
I am not 100% sure though I got the impression it was a reduction in the ''flying fleet''
They are talking about it here along with other things.
I am not 100% sure though I got the impression it was a reduction in the ''flying fleet''
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Now that the British Army has more Horses than Tanks it would appear it is becoming more a Ceremonial Army than a Combat Army. So perhaps returning to an aerial display team of Bell 47's will follow.
Scroll down the page and see last month, a regiment had one squadron mothballed
Army Air Corps - British Army Website
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Army Air Corps - British Army Website
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...the restructuring, carried out as part of the Army 2020 reforms, will see 4 Regt AAC reduce from three to two squadrons, but retain its manning levels and helicopters to deliver squadrons better-equipped to support 16 Air Assault Brigade.
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With 2sq on Tornado GR4 disbanding next year and in recent years 12, 13, 14 and 617 having all gone there is soon going to be hardly anything left.
