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  1. 22nd February 2016, 08:41 PM #1
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    The AH1Z to replace the TIGER in the ADF ?

    Bell Helicopter, BAE Systems position AH-1Z for potential Tiger replacement? | Australian Aviation
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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    This is some sort of pathetic joke....

    The Tigers haven't even achieved effective operational status and we are talking of replacing them.

    Someones head or a number of them really should roll.

    The whole time we have had them they have been operationally ineffective.
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    new gunslinger

    well it depends if you want a recce helicopter or something with recee and gunslinger. thenagain the mighty egg is probably below the current managements size......... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Hel...-6_Little_Bird
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    The Tiger was acquired as an Armed Recon Helicopter as part of Project Air 87. Although the "Egg" is a great aircraft, why would you replace the Kiowa with an aircraft that is just as old?

    Personally, I think that the AH-64 is the better aircraft, although rather expensive. I think that they won't "can" the project, as the Government doesn't want another Sea Sprite fiasco.
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    How many eggs can you buy for an Apache. About 9 I think!
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    Apaches aren't the topic here.

    Our govt is talking about replacing the Tiger.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    This is some sort of pathetic joke....

    The Tigers haven't even achieved effective operational status and we are talking of replacing them.

    Someones head or a number of them really should roll.

    The whole time we have had them they have been operationally ineffective.
    The NH90 has the same distinction.
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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    Quote Originally Posted by FatBoy View Post
    The Tiger was acquired as an Armed Recon Helicopter as part of Project Air 87. Although the "Egg" is a great aircraft, why would you replace the Kiowa with an aircraft that is just as old?

    Personally, I think that the AH-64 is the better aircraft, although rather expensive. I think that they won't "can" the project, as the Government doesn't want another Sea Sprite fiasco.
    Are you suggesting we should send our military into conflict with a defective aircraft?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post
    Are you suggesting we should send our military into conflict with a defective aircraft?
    Not at all, I am saying that they should have purchased an aircraft that was already operational and proven, hence my preference for the AH-64 over the Tiger. The Apache was a much more expensive aircraft for initial purchase, but the Tiger is proving to be costing more in the long run. I we had of purchased the Apache in the first place it would have been operational a long time ago.

    The RAN got it right with purchasing the MH-60R. Already in operation with the USN, and they aren't "Australianising" it.
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