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Originally Posted by Lady Jane
Agusta Westland CH-149 Cormorant of 442 SAR Sqn.
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Great helicopter. I don't know if anyone remembers, but the U.S. bought 23 of these helicopters to be "Marine One" presidential VVIP transports. The program went waaay over budget and got cancelled. I have no idea what happened to the billion dollars' worth of now-useless helicopters.
And speaking of presidential travel, there are two Boeing 747-800s undergoing transformation to new "Air Force Ones" -- there's another billion or two of taxpayer money buying god/platinum/diamond-plated stuff to carry the U.S. president around.