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<p>The number of flying hours under the Joint Helicopter Command for financial years
2012-13 to date are shown below. Annual flying hours are impacted by a number of factors
including operational activity, number of platforms in service and training requirement.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18
(as at 31Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commando Helicopter Force</p></td><td><p>8,440</p></td><td><p>6,160</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">4,040</del><ins class="ministerial">6,150</ins></p></td><td><p>4,250</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army
Air Corps</p></td><td><p>35,280</p></td><td><p>32,010</p></td><td><p>25,720</p></td><td><p>20,160</p></td><td><p>19,350</p></td><td><p>11,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>24,790</p></td><td><p>20,690</p></td><td><p>16,070</p></td><td><p>15,790</p></td><td><p>16,680</p></td><td><p>9,680</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been
rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p>These
figures are single Service figures and are not official statistics produced by Defence
Statistics.</p><p> </p>
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