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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Canadian air force chief stands by Sea Kings

CH-148 Cyclone Maritime Helicopter |The head of the Royal Canadian Air Force says he's confident the military's 50-year-old Sea King helicopters can stay in the air long enough for their troubled replacements to arrive.

"It's good for a while," Lt.-Gen. Yvan Blondin said of the Sea Kings in an interview with Postmedia News on Wednesday.

"In the short term, the Sea King can fly. Eventually I'm going to replace some equipment on it if I want to keep it flying longer, but I've got flexibility."

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