Above the palm trees some 200 yards off, Apache helicopters spat 30 mm rounds and the occasional rocket.
Egyptian Army Apache helicopters fired rockets Wednesday, resulting in numerous casualties, Bakr said.
This time, he is based in a more secure military complex, and Apache helicopters are a target for Taliban attacks regardless of whether Prince Harry is piloting them or not.
Soldiers are trained to expect the unknown in Bosnia, including land mines. ( 712K QuickTime movie) To protect ground troops, the Pentagon plans to use the thermal sensors of Apache helicopters to detect freshly laid mines.
It agreed to the dispatch of 24 Apache attack helicopters to neighbouring Albania, along with a contingent of 2, 000 support troops.
More than 50 Apache attack helicopters, Black Hawks and Chinooks and a dozen Air Force planes joined 1, 500 troops on the ground north of Baghdad.
And the modernisation plans comes as the UK is increasing its ability to deploy forces abroad, with six new roll-on, roll-off ferries, and the leasing of four giant C-17 cargo planes, leased from the Americans, which can carry Apache attack helicopters or Chinooks around the world.
"We were able through Nato to stand up with command and control, we were able to get our assets moving very quickly, we were more than capable within the limitations we had to get our air power projected... to ensure that we had Typhoon and Tornado performing very effectively, of course very recently adding in our Apache attack helicopters, " he said.
The new microturret fits on the stub wing of an Apache and other helicopters, tracking and jamming incoming missiles by laser beam.
Mr. Antony said the "acceptance of necessity cost" for the Chinook helicopters is about 24.68 billion rupees, and 30.95 billion rupees for the Apache.
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