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29th Aug 2017, 09:33

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Originally Posted by chopper2004

Thanks Archimedes

You have just triggered my memory of the time - around 21 years ago did we not try to pitch the 101 to the USMC as a Phrog replacement? I did see an artists conception of a grey 101 in their colors flying over an LPH in AirForces Monthly.

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AW pitched it a few times, as well as for other US programs (Coastguard, USAF HH, Navy)

Was the idea of a MV22 for UK AAR not as a giver rather than a receiver?

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