...but if we scale back on our expeditionary warfare and global policing and the Army takes a cut of 30K troops (as rumoured) then do we really need another 22 Chinooks?? I don't think that we will. I see us pulling out of Afghan within 2-3 years - by which time the first of the new Chinooks would be coming on line. Odiham is not big enough and Benson not much better. I think the right thing to do would be to cancel the order and spend the money on Air Defence capabilities - controversial I know; but overseas forces could be looking at our defence review with glee knowing that we are stupidly going to cancel capabilities for the war that we have not, as yet, seen around the corner - the next global war will be fought over food and natural resources.