whats stopping the RAF/MOD procuring a squadron of new build or refurbished Mi-17's for use in Afghanistan?
That was the question so apart from the Boscombe ones:
Get 8 x 17, 171 or 172s new, use the already trained crews, and Groundcrew, for the Sqn (delete Puma) and go to the sand where it works well. Could use some off the thousand and thousand of scrapped Mi17 as a barrier or to mop up the slick with their leather seat covers maybe? - any questions
Actually to answer you - Boscombe is a totaly different subject that I am not able to comment on meaning I do not know how they could possibly fit into this thread.