First of long-awaited helicopters arrive in Kandahar

Those pilots must be feeling on top of the world, to finally doing what they have trained so hard for. Good luck !

Too bad no one in government (Liberal or Conservative) was swift enough to figure out that leasing these was a good idea, like oh say, 7 years ago! Still, it's good to know we won't have to bum rides on other nation's helos (especially the ones Mulroney sold to the Dutch).

True, I still have to be in a Chinook, Blackhawks are awesome

Wow, so many years later and we finally get some choppers. We are really fast!

Though 6 Chinook's are great, that right there can replace helicopters 2x the ammount of the replacements because they can fit a lot more troops in it and carry a lot more. Gotta love the chinooks.

I rode in a british one a few months ago! It was intense! 'Bout time we had em back!