Originally Posted by
minigundiplomat
Australia shared an AO with the Dutch, who had already deployed their Apaches. The South was very hot n high, not sure how the MRH90 would have fared performance wise out of TK, just as the UK never deployed the Puma to Helmand.
As you raised Mali, if the MRH90 has it covered, can they send the UK chinooks back?
As the Dutch Pumas have operated there as well if I recall, the NH90 could have as well… same for the Tiger (which the French operated out of Kabul which was even higher…. As for Chinooks… can’t compare a Chinook with an NH90 or a Blackhawk… that’s why the USArmy has both of them as well. So I assume both have their own roles/missions in Mali or simply complement each other.