apache helicopters are based in britain in the uk.
apache helicopters are based in britain in the uk.
where are apache helicopters based in the uk?
britain
bullet::::- united kingdom: the united kingdom deployed the royal navy frigates and , nuclear attack submarines and , the destroyer and the mine countermeasure vessel . the royal air force participated with 16 tornado and 10 typhoon fighters operating initially from great britain, but later forward deployed to the italian base at gioia del colle. nimrod r1 and sentinel r1 surveillance aircraft were forward deployed to raf akrotiri in support of the action. in addition the raf deployed a number of other support aircraft such as the sentry aew.1 awacs aircraft and vc10 air-to-air refueling tankers. according to anonymous sources, members of the sas, sbs and special reconnaissance regiment (srr) helped to coordinate the air strikes on the ground in libya. on 27 may, the uk deployed four uk apache helicopters on board .
2011 military intervention in libya
by the end of u.s. military operations in iraq in december 2011, several apache helicopters had been shot down by enemy fire, and others lost in accidents. in 2006, an apache was downed by a soviet-made strela 2 (sa-7) in iraq, despite the apache being typically able to avoid such missiles. in 2007, four apache helicopters were destroyed on the ground by insurgent mortar fire using web-published geotagged photographs taken by soldiers. several ah-64s were lost to accidents in afghanistan as of 2012. most apaches that took heavy damage were able to continue their missions and return safely.
boeing ah-64 apache