Posted AT 2:58 AM EST on 08/08/08
Delays force Canada to lease helicopters
OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces announced yesterday they will fly leased Russian helicopters and secondhand U.S. ones in Afghanistan as the purchase of a new fleet of Chinooks is delayed by another two years to 2013.
The Harper government announced more than two years ago that it was buying 16 new medium- and heavy-lift helicopters from Boeing, but Defence Minister Peter MacKay said the $4.7-billion fleet would not be in use for another five years.
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Afghanistan
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