BR71,
Thanks for that extract from AM Newham’s speech, which I found quite illuminating.
With one dissension the report recommended the preservation of the status quo with some procedural recommendations; that is that the RAAF should continue to operate the helicopters. I had no problems with the procedural recommendations at all; they were completely in harmony with my and my colleagues' views of providing adequate support to the other Services.
Which is what I was getting at in my previous post. Looks like AM Newham had realised that the way RAAF was doing business with Army needed to change. Too late however. It seems Bennet and Beasley had other ideas.
I maintain that had RAAF been more sensitive to Army’s needs much earlier, things may have been quite different today.
And thanks for that link to Eather's article. Interesting................