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Old 30th July 2009 | 00:19
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Scorpygixxer
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The Irish were apparantly given the honour of naming the AW139 and chose Wolfhound to reflect Cu Chulain's dogs of war.The submission went into historic and mythologic detail and was well recieved by the Italians. Subsequently officially turned down for being 'too warlike' by the civil side of the DOD. Currently reflected in the formation callsign 'WOLF' adopted by all 139 formations, although this may vary in the future. I imagine it may be resurected by the Italians for the 149. It is a rather cool name!
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