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Tiger Helo Clocks More Than 1,000 Flight Hours In Afghanistan

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

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The fleet of three EADS EC665 Tiger HAPs (combat support), operated by the French Army's 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment, has now logged more than 1,000 flight hours in Afghanistan in less than a year. The helicopter received its operational certification from NATO for the Afghan theater of operations in August 2009, just seven months after the final operational standard qualification was issued by government agencies in December 2008. With an availability rate of 90 percent in extremely harsh operating conditions,…

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