Capt.Popeye
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Originally Posted by Dark Angel
"These are in service with India & Pakistan for a long time and a reliable we even used them in Leh flash floods "
@ Dark Angel; this is slightly off-topic, but just for information:
These choppers first flew for the IN for "plane-guard SAR" aboard INS Vikrant in July 1964. Later for the IAF and IA. That is one hell of a long time ago.
Now they are rather tired birds and up for replacement. HAL is about to shut down the production line (300+ produced). The French shut theirs down in 1979 and French Air Force retired them in June 2004.
Good choppers, but their time has run out.
"These are in service with India & Pakistan for a long time and a reliable we even used them in Leh flash floods "
@ Dark Angel; this is slightly off-topic, but just for information:
These choppers first flew for the IN for "plane-guard SAR" aboard INS Vikrant in July 1964. Later for the IAF and IA. That is one hell of a long time ago.
Now they are rather tired birds and up for replacement. HAL is about to shut down the production line (300+ produced). The French shut theirs down in 1979 and French Air Force retired them in June 2004.
Good choppers, but their time has run out.