Friday, 1. November 2002
Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:24:41 AM CET
Army grounds Apache helicopters
Dozens of the Army's new £3bn Apache attack helicopters will be kept in storage for four years due to a shortage of trained pilots, the government's spending watchdog has said. Eleven of the 25 helicopters so far delivered - out of an order for 67 - have been mothballed in a move described as "wasteful" by the National Audit Office.
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