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The Army Air Corps is the smallest of the three combat arms in the Army, but its fleet of helicopters makes it one of the most potent. Providing firepower from the skies, it has a unique role to play on the modern battlefield by delivering hard-hitting support to ground forces during the key stages of a battle.
Army Apache crews are returning to the UK this week having completed a major exercise in the United States as part of the Apache Conversion to Role course.
Apache attack helicopters from the Attack Helicopter Force based at Wattisham have flown their way to success at the annual Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators awards this October.
HRH Prince Harry is now undertaking the final training exercise of his Apache Conversion to Role course in the United States, known as Exercise Crimson Eagle.
2011 celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Westland Lynx. The first Lynx prototype, painted yellow and with the tail number XW835, made its maiden flight at Yeovil on 21 March 1971.
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