It was my understanding thar Puma 2 will be deployed in Afghan as soon as it comes on line, to a mere mortal like me I would think that a mix of Puma 2 and chinook would give a commander a much more flexible range of options when dealing with any situation rather than having to send the large chinook or small Linx.
The problem is I am talking logic and the government is talking money ( or lack of it)