From Strategy Page:December 10, 2008: Canada is establishing its own little air force in Afghanistan. The Canadian Air Wing will have, by next year, six leased Russian made Mi-8 transport helicopters, six newly purchased U.S. CH-47 transport helicopters and eight Canadian made CH-146 armed transports to escort the larger choppers. The Wing will have about 450 personnel to support the twenty helicopters.
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