Now be serious
We have now had all the expected pointless digs and attempted humour, so can we now address the question?
I would really like to know why the RAF should operate helicopters whose only task is to support the army, when there is a perfectly good AAC to do it.
History and all that, with the RAF in 1957 when the AAC was reformed, trying desperately to limit the size of helicopters the army could operate, And the failed attempt to keep the Apache for the Airforce much later. But in the year 2014 it makes no sense anymore.
Fast jets and big haulers OK, they need an enormous maintenance tail and large airfields, and an Air Vice Marshall per airframe.........
Lets have some serious thought out answers.