Chinook
Now that air action over Iraq is increasing in tempo, how does our disgraceful Minister of Defence and his shameful band of cohorts plan to address the problem that those crews are facing? If one of them is unfortunate enough to 'buy the farm' in action, will their dependants have to face the same outrageous anguish as the Chinook crew's families? The state of morale amongst our few remaining GR4 outfits is bad enough - the thought that we would get no support whatsoever if anything goes wrong makes me seriously question why we do it. All very well for Bliar to talk about being there when the shooting starts; will he give downed aircrew any better support than he has given those tasked with that Chinook mission, if the cause is in any doubt?