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Why didn't yall buy more Blackhawks? NH90s suck.

@discofishing I suppose its becuase the Australian military wants to update, Blackhawks are good tactcally but I suppose they wanted multi purpose choppers that can carry in cargo AND troops, since the MRH-90 has a rear ramp and the Black Hawk Does not, Im not quite sure that they 'suck' they seem to work well from what I seen from the little demonstration at 5. AV and the townsville airshow, aw well time will tell, I suppose the Blackhawk will be with us for quite some time yet

Gam3rzulu 2 months ago

@Gam3rzulu Think about what the US has done to its 60s. We've weaponized them, put refueling probes on them, turned them into CSAR birds. Look at the 160th SOAR and what they've done with their aircraft. Are you going to be able to do much of this with a MRH90? Doubtful, especially with it's performance shortfalls it has that keep countries like Germany from using them in A-stan. There's a reason Sweden chose the 60 over the 90. The ADF should upgrade their Hawks and buy new ones.

discofishing 2 months ago

@discofishing true enough, I dont think we will ever 'replace' the our UH-60 its just australia wanted a heavy load capability by the looks of it. Although chinnoks would have been a better option we are getting some new amphibious assualt ships and they wanted a chopper that can do heavy loads AND be used on a carrier, to be honest you are right, but im sure such a suggestion will be on the table

Gam3rzulu 2 months ago

does any thing in the adf work or do they sit around gathering dust because we cant get them to work and how come no one is being held accountable for the dismal US rate in all the adf machines,if it was private buisness id sack all the higher officers for being good for nothings.

MrFattyfatfatboy 5 months ago

Aha, this is comical how the rotors appear to be hardly moving at all.

WootMapler 1 year ago 4

001 Landed at Caloundra Aerodome on the sunshine coast!!

gggggggggggggggggg16 1 year ago

should have bought EH101 merlins instead which is bigger and handles dusty conditions better, there have been a number deployed in Afghanistan and previously iraq and i havnt herd any issues with them

AnnieRoadAGGRO 1 year ago

I was at this in service delivery and i must say it is a great piece of kit. Plenty of room, great tech on board and very nice design

aafcfreak 1 year ago

it cant operate from severe dusty/hot conditions for long periods of time, aah, what;s australia and where is Australian currently operating??? Cant do quickstops and operate as a true SF Aircraft platform like the S-70. We should have got Mike model Blackhawks. Every euro crap aircraft we buy isn't suited to our military and environment. What happens when we go to war somewhere the french dont agree wth again, stop selling us parts like they did with the mirage jets???

weezie2005 2 years ago

your right man we should have just keep getting updated version of the blackhawks they were doing us perfectly fine

blakeblake321 2 years ago

you got to remember though the adf wouldnt be that stupid to spend millions if not billions on these aircraft....

blakeblake321 2 years ago

@blakeblake321 what about the collins class submarines? We have 6 submarines only 1 is on patrol, 4 in repairs, 1 used for training.

calisaetia 1 year ago

@blakeblake321 nah the ADF isnt stupid.....its the Governemnt im worried about......Seasprites anyone ?

investornator 1 year ago

well we have the rights to build and manufacture the parts here 42 of the choppers are being built in brisbane so u dont have to worry about not getting parts getting the tiger was a poor choice but if is finaly working my dad is research and development in the army he wanted the cobra but what u gonna do. im not sure what his view is on this but i have read up on it and it looks like a good piece of kit and the version we use is different from the euro version to suit our needs

nachospole1 2 years ago 3

nickj0857, WTF would you know, th eMRH is a bucket of piss. The floor bent when the first women wearing high heels walked onto thet hing at an Airshow/openday in townsville, they said they fixed it, then 1RAR grunts got in it and fucked the floor even more, Bucket of shit overheats the avionics, only one has ever made it to Townsville so far without a problem flying from Brisbane after coming of the factory floor,

weezie2005 2 years ago

yeah Australian Army Painters FTW!

cripticstone 3 years ago

Its about time Australia bought a helicopter that is reliable and perfect for the job. The Blackhawks do good, but not the best. And the Navy are still screwed with their Super Seasprites but they decide to replace their SeaKings with the MRH90. ???. But its a great chopper.

nickj0857 3 years ago 2

what aboput the seahawk

blakeblake321 3 years ago

They Canceled the Super Seasprite ages ago lol, the Navy Seahawks are the best . the ADF are currently looking at the umm i forgot what it is called but it's a newer version off the seahawk which the US is obtaining

blakeblake321 2 years ago

@blakeblake321 its the MH-60 Romeo

investornator 1 year ago

Much better than yank's Black Hawk !!!

poleofdestiny 3 years ago

what a good helicopter the NH-90 !!!!!!!

RockertoMetalella 3 years ago

that's awesome!

mirikam8 3 years ago

viva eurocopter and EADS

titiboo90 3 years ago

MRH-003 still sitting on the ground in Brisbane. Same problems since the start of the year. Australian Aerospace deserves a medal for trying! At least they are thinking about it. Maybe they need to send a number of Managers over to France to solve the problems.

Afromystik79 3 years ago