An interesting rumour, but the practicalities of it would surely mean a fundamental change to the rules regarding tour lengths in the Province. As there would be nowhere for aircrew to go after their NI tour, save for the OCF or small ops flt, the entire Puma aircrew establishment would need to a) be transferred to another type and b) replaced with new crews every 2 years or so. Just do the maths, the OCF would have to be huge to support such an operation.
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