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Mk3 Chinook joins the ranks, finally

13th January 2010 - 20:00 GMT | by Tony Osborne in RAF Odiham, Hampshire

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The RAF could deploy its new Mk3 Chinooks to the Afghan theatre as early as this summer, it was revealed today.

Secretary of State for Defence, Bob Ainsworth and Under-Secretary of State for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies were on hand at RAF Odiham in Hampshire to mark the induction of the type into RAF service eight years later and costing the taxpayer an extra £112 million.

‘This has not been our finest hour,' explained Mr Ainsworth but said the introduction of the aircraft was 'really good news'.

‘Two years may sound like a long time, but we have

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Tony was deputy editor of Defence Helicopter and Rotorhub magazines before joining Aviation Week in …

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