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The Apache AH1 firing CRV-7 rockets in pairs

The last Hellfire fired by 656 Sqn in the 2006/07 tour

The Apache AH1 – Low Level Operational Training

The IRT (Immediate Response Team) Apache Helicopter – bombed-up ready to scramble at a minutes notice

The Apache Pilots Cockpit (rear set)

The Jugroom Fort – 30mm rounds exploding along the line of the Taliban tunnels next to the canal

The IRT Apache taking off to assist the troops in contact with the Taliban

The Apaches Hellfire Weapon Page showing 4 missiles

Ed Macy and Carl taking off with Rigg (left) and Fraser-Perry (right) to go and rescue LCpl Mathew Ford RM (Picture courtesy of Sgt Garry Stanton RAF)

Rockets ready to be loaded. High Explosive Incendiary Semi-Armour Piercing (HEISAP - yellow band). Flechettes (longer with two brown bands)

Final inspection at sunset before darkness falls and the Taliban begin attacking

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