The Royal Air Force will retire its Airbus Puma Helicopter fleet in March 2025.
Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week Network
LONDON—The UK Defense Ministry plans to chop Chinook and Puma helicopters from its inventory as well as the troubled fleet of Watchkeeper uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). All 17 of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) remaining Airbus Pumas, 14 Boeing CH-47 Chinooks and the entire fleet of Thales-made...
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