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UK Government announces helicopter capacity increase for Afghanistan operations

London, United Kingdom - From Iraq AW-101, Apache and Chinook helicopters

A significant increase in helicopter capacity for troops in Afghanistan is part of a package of measures to rebalance the Defence equipment programme towards the support of current operations announced recently by Defence Secretary John Hutton. In May 2008 the MOD began an examination of the equipment programme with the aim of adapting to the rising cost of high-end defence equipment and providing...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1097690
Rome, Italy, 12/18/2008 16:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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