A fleet of nine British Army Apache attack helicopters has set out for Finland to join a training mission described as the 'largest Nato exercise since the Cold War'.
A fleet of nine British Army Apache attack helicopters has set out for Finland to join a training mission described as the "largest Nato exercise since the Cold War". Some 20,000 British personnel are involved in the operation which has been described as "one of the largest overseas helicopter deployments we have done outside of Iraq and Afghanistan".
Read more: Angela Rayner brands Rishi Sunak 'pint-sized loser' during feisty exchange during PMQs Lieutenant Colonel Dave Lambert, 4 Regiment Army Air Corps Battlegroup Commander, said: "Exercise Steadfast Defender is the largest Nato exercise since the Cold War." He said it is "very easy to focus on events in Ukraine" but that "our role within Nato is to be ready for all threats".
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