On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:21:20 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

I dunno. Copters in the desert for 20 years? Very maintenance
intensive.

It's likely that if they could keep fighters flying (as they did
occasionally) they could do the same with helicopters. As for spares
availability, who knows? We don't know what parts inventories were
bought with the helicopters, nor how successful at cannabilisng they
were.

Scott