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Saturday, January 15, 2011
Heavy demand for Royal Navy Merlins
The Royal Navy's Merlin helicopter force is busier than it has ever been, according to the fleet's commander.
'Whether it’s the anti-piracy work or the anti-narcotics mission, everyone wants a Merlin,' Commander Kevin Dodd, chief of the Fleet Air Arm's (FAA’s) Merlin force, told Rotorhub.com.
Since the first FAA Merlin entered service in 1997, the fleet has been extremely busy on a wide-range of deployments not only on the back of the Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates but also its carriers and the Royal Fleet Auxiliaries.
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