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Old 22nd Mar 2021, 17:55
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Originally Posted by Baldeep Inminj
In response to a question, SOS just clarified that F35 purchase will not stop at 48 and that procurement will continue beyond that number.I thought Puma might go, but no mention of it.
Puma is to be retired and replaced by a new medium-lift helicopter in the mid-2020s. Whether this means that Puma continues to that date, or disappears leaving one of those famous 'capability holidays' wasn't entirely clear from either the statement or from the Command Paper
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