Of the current 6 CH-47D (remembering 4 are recycled CH-47Cs from 12 SQN), 2 are in-theatre, 2 probably typically in DM, leaving 1 out of 2 serviceable on the flight line.
You are quite correct BBadanov - how on earth does AAAvn think it can keep it pilots current in even the simplest manoeuvres when back home, let alone prepare its crews for deployment. How can you do multi-ship NVD training with just one aircraft available - oh yes, that's right, train your crews in the operational theatre - nice plan.
Dear Mrs Smith, we are sorry to tell you that your son was shot down and died whilst flying a training sortie in Afghanistan that he couldn't do back in in Australia because we don't have the appropriate number of aircraft or hours to support the Government's Strategy (or is it that the Army won't tell the Government that it shouldn't be deploying ill prepared crews to war fighting operations?).
HPT