Originally Posted by
Thomas coupling
Amazing white elephant then, as it is now - A £40 million three engined aircraft that only has duplex redundancy.
Which bright spark signed this off?
An aircraft that can't go front line for fear of being shot at because of the cost of trying to repair carbon fibre holes in the field.
Merlins served operationally in Iraq (UK) and Afghanistan (UK, Italy and Denmark). An RAF Merlin pilot was awarded an DFC while serving in Iraq. That sounds like front line service to me.