Provider becomes name for Dino transports

As Dinomark is for combat ships Provider has been chosen by the Dinos as the name for their transports. The SX-98 has been renamed the Provider SX and the Dinomark MX renamed the Provider MX. The Provider EDA does not need to have its name changed of course. There is still a confusion over the forthcoming Extender EDA oiler on order and whether the Dinos will call their first dedicated oiler a Provider too or choose a new family name. It is thought it will be the former though no decision has yet been made public. (The DDS have not yet commented on the fact the Dinos appear to have appropriated one of the DDS' own band names for their own use...)

Talking of the Provider MX medium transport the DDS are to lease one of them from the Dinos for a few months to see if it suitable as a battlefield transport (a role the Dinos use it for). One of the SX-98 landing ships in DDS service will receive modifications to its docking bay so it can operate the MX. The MX is expected to be delivered next month, it will operate with a seconded Dino Army crew under DDS command.

• The HCSAF are making big cuts to their helicopter force. They possess a huge fleet of rotorcraft, most being the evergreen H-26. Around 1,200 of their fleet of over 8,700 H-26s will be withdrawn over the next 2 years after the HCSAF's battlefield attack and cooperation squadrons are reorganised. The rotorcraft withdrawn will be old ones which would have been withdrawn within the next 3-5 years anyway though new build production will be kept at a minimal rate so most of the rotorcraft withdrawn won't be replaced. The HCSAF are denying this is due to budget pressures.