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Old 7th Aug 2016, 18:31
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It would be very surprising to see the military ditch their 225 models.
Military operations are expensive, so the hours flown annually are usually more like business aviation, perhaps 1-200 hours/yr, rather than the 1000 hours/yr plus normal in commercial service.
The system remains well suited to its original design mission, lifting heavily armed troops in high/hot conditions. The more demanding maintenance that AH and the regulators may impose are trivial expenses compared to the cost of a fleet renewal.
Maybe the German government will no longer fly Angela Merkel in one, but for most it will be business as usual.
So from an operational perspective, a rough patch for AH, but not life threatening.
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