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It agreed to the dispatch of 24 Apache attack helicopters to neighbouring Albania, along with a contingent of 2, 000 support troops.
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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.
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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.
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