Seems like smart way forward and a good way to build international relations. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...tary-1.4353859
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Irish Air Corps pilots are training in Alabama with US military.
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Any pilot can work up hours in the US far quicker than at home. Better weather and plenty of quiet airspace.
Wouldn't it be funny if our neutrality disappeared not because of any political decision, but instead on the reliance on foreign forces to train our pilots due to Government failing to deal with this issue for over 30 years?For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by Tempest View PostFort Rucker houses only heli units, it's the main centre for army heli training. So presumably we are short on heli instructors and possibly helis.
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So we've got or will have 10 pilots training in both the US and Australia, do we know how long the ones in the US will be there for given the Australian ones are there for a couple of years? What fixed wing are based in Alabama that we could be training on?
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostSo we've got or will have 10 pilots training in both the US and Australia, do we know how long the ones in the US will be there for given the Australian ones are there for a couple of years? What fixed wing are based in Alabama that we could be training on?
https://home.army.mil/rucker/index.p...formation/ierw
As for fixed wing they have C-12s known to us as the KingAir!
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Originally posted by Laners View PostMight be a bit of a downer when they return after all the Gung Ho Top Gunnnish time in the States .
https://defence-blog.com/news/army/u...licopters.html
“The United States Government (USG) Army Contracting Command- Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) is conducting market research to determine potential sources for the depopulation of the Apache AH-64D for the Project Manager for Apache Attack Helicopter (PM AAH) within the Program Executive Office for Aviation (PEO AVN),” the notice reads. “The USG seeks to identify potential sources that possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements necessary to depopulate the Apache AH-64D Attack Helicopter, sourced directly to the Government.”
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Outside of a Hovertanks thread, would Ireland have a use for half a dozen Apaches? (It’s about the only weapons system I haven’t seen a thread on)'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html
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Originally posted by Flamingo View PostOutside of a Hovertanks thread, would Ireland have a use for half a dozen Apaches? (It’s about the only weapons system I haven’t seen a thread on)
It's believed to be the most difficult aircraft to fly.
Former AAC pilot Ed Macy did a good book on it a few years ago. Three years to learn it start to finish.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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