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My compliments to SP Guide Publications for informative and credible reportage on contemporary aerospace issues over the past six decades.
The IAF will use the Chinook for troop transport, nation building, special operations, equipment transport, search & rescue, humanitarian relief, fire fighting, MEDEVAC and logistical resupply. As the workhorse of US Army aviation, the question is whether the Indian Army will also look to operate the Chinook, just as it has achieved authorisation to procure its own attack helicopters (39 AH-64D Apache Block IIIs if the Army's plans work out). The questions then are these: will control over tactical battlefield assets stretch to a platform like the Chinook? Would the Army look at the Chinook from the perspective of its 'aviation brigade' plans? Probably most important, will the government step in, send out a clear message on jointmanship and synergies between the forces and rationalise procurements so that a stretched budget doesn't involve operational overlaps as is bound to be the case with anti-armour air support?