I visited the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) run by Ascent Flight Training, at Shawbury to view the new training for ab initio military helicopter pilots. This is Tri service - they train Royal Navy, Army and RAF pilots.
DHFS operates 2 types of helicopter for training - both are from Airbus, with full glass cockpit technology. These state of the art training machines are the H135 Juno helicopter and the slightly larger H145 Jupiter. They replace the older Bell 412 Griffen helicopter and the Squirrel, both of which have been phased out. The instructors are a mixture of serving military pilots and civilian pilots - who are mostly retired ex-military.
A very informative and enjoyable day. Thank you.