Designed to hunt and destroy tanks, the Apache attack helicopter has significantly improved the Army’s operational capability. The Apache attack helicopter can operate in all weathers, day or night and detect, classify and prioritise up to 256 potential targets in a matter of seconds. It carries a mix of weapons including rockets, Hellfire missiles and a 30mm chain gun, as well as a state of the art fully integrated defensive aid suite.In addition to the distinctive […]
The Army’s aircraft enable our soldiers to carry out vital roles including reconnaissance missions and casualty evacuations, as well as troop transport and high-tech, anti-tank combat. The Apache attack helicopter is probably the most sophisticated piece of equipment in the world available to front-line troops.
The punch packed by The Light Dragoons, a light cavalry regiment tasked to provide the Army’s eyes and ears on the battlefield, has been tested. Exercise WESSEX STORM has seen the unit carrying out live fire training on the rain-lashed STANTA ranges near Thetford, close to their base at Swanton Morley in Norfolk. Deploying on Jackal 2 and Coyote armoured vehicles, the soldiers are training alongside 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 21 Engineer Regiment and […]
Major Tim Peake, a former Apache pilot with the Army Air Corps, is the first Briton to be appointed by the European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Corps and begins his mission on the International Space Station (ISS) in November. Tim, aged 42, who maintains his flying in the Army Reserve, will be conducting a range of scientific experiments and maintenance work, including using the robotic arm and spacewalking, if the opportunity arises. Married father-of-two Tim, who […]
A Brigade whose troops were among the first and last to serve on operations in Afghanistan has joined together to commemorate its commitment and pay tribute to its soldiers killed while serving in the country. Paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade provided security in Kabul in 2002 after the overthrow of the Taliban and led the first major deployment into Helmand Province in 2006. Its Apache attack helicopters were deployed from 2006 until British combat […]
