120 Sq UH-1H Replacement
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originally posted by spartan6:
I got it from the thread "Replacement for RSF C-130H", page 2, Author: ^Delta^,
How u got 16 CH-47 ????? 6 CH-47D 1st order, 3 from Thailand n another 6 CH-47SD 2nd order all converted 2 SD total only 15 where e extral 1 come from????? Shocked
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originally posted by kopiosatu:
Well, can only say that your participation in this thread is greatly appreciated.
i'm not proud but i do see things which people don't get to see. so there is a reason for my negative feelings towards that aircraft that people don't understand.
Improve our understanding on the capabilities of CH-47 and Superpuma.
If only now we have someone from the CH-47 community to say his piece
Will make this thread more enriching and interesting
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Well, saw the stripped airframes lying on the grass patch just beside the IMT range at Pasir LabaOriginally posted by |-|05|:But can the old airframes sustain usage anymore?
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come on lah kopi is right lah. i tell u hor during OFE period we work CH and SP work our arse offOriginally posted by teddy123:Well, can only say that your participation in this thread is greatly appreciated.
Improve our understanding on the capabilities of CH-47 and Superpuma.
If only now we have someone from the CH-47 community to say his piece
Will make this thread more enriching and interesting -
Am I right to say that the heli community loaths the CH-47 and prefers the Superpuma
Just like the fighter community dislike the F-15SG and prefers Rafale.
Is that the prevailing sentiment in the airforce?
Meaning upper echelon for some strategic reason decided on an airframe that the man on the ground do not appreciate. -
btw where the info u get that we have 16 CH?Originally posted by teddy123:Am I right to say that the heli community loaths the CH-47 and prefers the Superpuma
Just like the fighter community dislike the F-15SG and prefers Rafale.
Is that the prevailing sentiment in the airforce?
Meaning upper echelon for some strategic reason decided on an airframe that the man on the ground do not appreciate. -
originally posted by four-niner:
Converting them to gunship is easy I think, it is having enough pilot to fly them that I think is the problem
But I read somewhere old uh-1h can convert into light gunship so still got some pratical value there -
go ahead slam lah then i no need everyday go in sqn such a long wayOriginally posted by kopiosatu:i'm about to slam the chinook community, but nevermind la. -
originally posted by martin-lim85:
From a fellow forumite ^Delta^, he stated that number and no one in the forum disputed. I have no iron proof that it is the correct figure anyway.
btw where the info u get that we have 16 CH? -
actually cant tell u the actual number of CH we haveOriginally posted by teddy123:From a fellow forumite ^Delta^, he stated that number and no one in the forum disputed. I have no iron proof that it is the correct figure anyway. if some terrorist is reading this 
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Yeah I posted tat under my old nick Delta 5.Originally posted by teddy123:From a fellow forumite ^Delta^, he stated that number and no one in the forum disputed. I have no iron proof that it is the correct figure anyway.
Six CH-47D initially ordered in 1994, followed by 6 more (plus an option on a further 4) improved CH-47SDs in 1997. All aircraft are new-built. They were initially based near Dallas and crews visit the UK for simulator training. RSAF CH-47SDs have twin Honeywell T55-FA-714A engines, increased capacity external fuel tanks and a glass cockpit. Used for both heavy lift and special purposes.
A proposal to acquire 3 surplus Chinooks from the Royal Thai AF never went through.
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aaa can u give me the link?Originally posted by ^Delta^:Yeah I posted tat under my old nick Delta 5.
Six CH-47D initially ordered in 1994, followed by 6 more (plus an option on a further 4) improved CH-47SDs in 1997. All aircraft are new-built. They were initially based near Dallas and crews visit the UK for simulator training. RSAF CH-47SDs have twin Honeywell T55-FA-714A engines, increased capacity external fuel tanks and a glass cockpit. Used for both heavy lift and special purposes.
A proposal to acquire 3 surplus Chinooks from the Royal Thai AF never went through.
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Did you go to Aceh or Phuket during the Tsunami crisis ?
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Oh my...Originally posted by martin_lim85:aaa can u give me the link?
I jus cleared my cookies and history...
U can google it and then look under the countries category frm there slowly scroll thru... -
nope that time i just enlist cant do anythingOriginally posted by teddy123:Did you go to Aceh or Phuket during the Tsunami crisis ?
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E buying of e 3 copter never went throu but they were later transfer 2 us in exchange for 4 UH-1H. N tat time Delta 5 post 16 i never notice
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Hmmm if it went through then I say its a pretty good deal... Considering that each Chinook has a load capability of nearly 5 UH-1H.Originally posted by spartan6:E buying of e 3 copter never went throu but they were later transfer 2 us in exchange for 4 UH-1H. N tat time Delta 5 post 16 i never notice -
Heard tat e Thai couldnt support it fuel consumtion
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the Chinooks are in 127 SQN.Originally posted by teddy123:should be CH-47 Chinook
Same number of flight crew but big increase in payload capability.One way to do more with less people.
Meaning more heavylift(CH-47) than mediumlift(SP) transport heli in our Orbat.
2 types of transport heli(CH-47, SP) rather than 3 types(CH-47,SP,Blackhawk?).
Replace SuperPuma with Blackhawk when their time is up so as to achieve commonality with Navy Seahawks.
Good idea ?
Look at the amount of sterling work they did during the Tsunami and Katrina crisis.
Why not convert 120 Sq into a heavylift outfit ?
The SP is medium lift 22 men. The UH1H is light lift (12 men?).
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i was in meulaboh. colleagues went to phuket.Originally posted by teddy123:Did you go to Aceh or Phuket during the Tsunami crisis ?
or New Orlean after the Katrina rampage ?