Transfer of assets to the Army took place, and, surprise surprise, there were still only as many helicopters as there had been before, but with less experienced crews / maintainers, so the service provided actually took a hit, rather than being enhanced.
Of course they took a hit initially when the people were at the bottom of the learning curve, what would you expect? Once they got up the curve though they could look any man/woman in the eye, and then some.
Strange as it may seem, RAAF aircrew could comprehend what the ground troops were trying to achieve and work to enhance that. The primary roles of these squadrons was Army support.
That may be so at the squadron level, but when trying to organise operations with RAAF tasking you could be readily convinced otherwise. Whether it was a political game being played I know not, but strongly suspect it was the case on one exercise with which I (not Army) have an intimate background.