Stitchbitch,
Indeed, esp after the -46 crash when the AAS Puma/CH47s picked up the slack at a moments notice.
All the more evidence that Al Faw did not NEED carriers. The expense of sailing a 10-ship flotilla all the way to the NAG to invade a country with 20-odd miles of coastline could be seen as a bit excessive. The Helos and troops could have been sea or air freighted to Kuwait and moved to TAA Viking a lot easier!!