Internal audit raises more questions about Defence aircraft purchases

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An internal Defence Department audit has raised red flags about another major aircraft purchase that's failed to get off the ground.

In a report likely to add more fuel to the fire over the multibillion-dollar military helicopter mess and the purchase of stealth fighters, the department's Chief of Review Services found oversight lacking in the $3-billion Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue project.

The plan to buy 15 rescue planes has been kicking around the federal government for nearly a decade, with little to show for it.

The Forces' own internal auditor warns it was on the same shaky ground as the helicopters.

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