Originally Posted by
Doors Off
Have they done a hot insertion (apart from Chinook) since Vietnam? How have the French and German achieved real hot insertions and extractions, land on and rappelling, with the same aircraft?
You can ask the same about Tiger... why are the French, Germans and Spanish able to operate their tigers with succes in various combat zones for more than a decade! Both from land and ships and the Australians seem not to be able...