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Old 13th Dec 2016, 07:00
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Tango123
 
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Juncker does not know what he is talking about.

I flew a VIP (Chief of Defence) quite a few years ago in Denmark. He used to be a fighter pilot. Having this background, he stated that the goal futurewise was one helicopter type for the danish military, since three (Lynx, S-61 and AS550) was too much/expensive for a small military like the danish one. Budget cuts etc. would make it necessary. Also logic thinking, since the danish military have had only one fighter type since 1993 - the F-16, first time since the end of WW2. No plans of changing that, since the F35 will replace the F16 in an few years.

Now 17 years down the road, we have EH101, Seahawk - replacing the Lynx, and the AS550 - still three types.
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