The last press release from Gilard and co talked about cancelling 33 multirole helicopters!
Does this mean the end of the MRH90 and that we will keep around 15-16 for Navy etc and rebuild the existing Blackhawk fleet?
I'm aware that Army wants to keep 12 Blackhawks for special ops in Sydney as MRH90 doesn't do the job. Maybe our new helicopter fleet could look like this:
22 Tiger ARH
24 MH-60R
15-16 MRH90 shared Army/Navy
30+ S70A's rebuilt for Army.
*12+ S70B's as utility cabs.
I personally think the S70B's that Navy has should be converted to fleet "cabs" by removing ASW etc gear and using them the way we used the Wessex/Sea King. Make excellent fleet utility aircraft stripped out. Can land aboard all classes of ships if and when required and we own them.
Also Chinooks, when the new F models are delivered upgrade the D's to D+ or F models so we have a decent fleet with enough for maintenance/ops and training.
Last edited by TBM-Legend; 6th May 2012 at 06:59.