I read in the current issue of Airforces Monthly that the Government is going to scrap all 119 Gazelle helecopters. They will be replacing them with 20 helecopters leased from a private company.
Currently all basic flight training in both the AAC and the RAF is conducted in civilian owned and registered aircraft, Grob Tutors in the AAC and Slingsby Fireflys in the RAF.
What next…?
Will the JSF be civilian owned?
Will British Airways provide troop transport to Iraq?
How long before the Tornado GR4s have sponsorship and advertising logos painted on them?
20 years ago the world marvelled at the British armed forces.
Today I think they laugh at us!
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July 28, 2006 at 8:03 pm