Chinooks and HMS Ocean

[Really annoyed]

Anybody know if Chinooks still operate off HMS Ocean. I just want to know if their crews are still Ocean going so to speak.

[Kreuger flap]

18 Sqn were the last Chinook crews that I heard of operating from HMS Ocean. There is an article in the RAF news archive that refers to them when they lifted a Blackhawk from the side of a hill 7500 ft up in 2009. Don't know if they have been replaced by another squadron though.

Link to Blackhawk story

RAF News - Black Hawk recovered by RAF Chinook (http://www.rafnews.co.uk/readstory.asp?storyid=130)

[ramp_up]

Currently cleared but luckly don't do it often. It was always nicer to operate from a CVS though. Better understanding of air integration and a generally much nicer place to live. Good job we kept them all instead of the O boat or answer B