January 2012

Commando Helicopter Force (Fleet Air Arm)  – The transfer of the RAF MERLIN helicopters moved into reality with the start of training for the Fleet Air Arm personnel - twelve (12) pilots and thirty five (35) ground crew started training at RAF Benson (Oxfordshire).   The SEA KING HC4 airframes are due out of service by 2016 and the MERLIN HC4 (as they will be known) will need to be up and flying by then.