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Old 21st Jan 2011, 05:31
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Turkeyslapper
 
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I am not sure the level of readiness that you needed to maintain in order to support the civil community 30 years ago is really needed now. The East coast of Australia these days has probably a dozen very capable multi engine IFR machines (many of which utilise NVDs, automatic appraoch and hover etc) whose core job is SAR/EMS on call 24/7.

Granted to ADF needs to maintain a response capability for these extreme events however there probably isn't the reliance on military machines there was 30 years ago.

Job well done to all civil and military operators

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