If the IAC manage to get back into the SAR game now or in the future and considering their SLA with the HSE for Air ambulance, where does that leave Army Heli support?
If it would take 2 x AW139's to run a SAR base and considering that this would need to be seperate from the Air ambulance machine, what aircraft would be left for the Army? Also if the AW139's are under tasked (as currently must be the case if the IAC appear to be lobbying for new/old roles) do we really need as many to begin with if they are under used and the IRCG door is closed until 2022ish....A lot of other countries seem to be moving towards a light "Air mobile" role for their troops, should we not do the same?
If it would take 2 x AW139's to run a SAR base and considering that this would need to be seperate from the Air ambulance machine, what aircraft would be left for the Army? Also if the AW139's are under tasked (as currently must be the case if the IAC appear to be lobbying for new/old roles) do we really need as many to begin with if they are under used and the IRCG door is closed until 2022ish....A lot of other countries seem to be moving towards a light "Air mobile" role for their troops, should we not do the same?
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