File:Soldiers Watching RAF Merlin Helicopter with Underslung Load in Afghanistan MOD 45154429.jpg

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English: Soldiers watch as a Royal Air Force Merlin helicopter takes off with an underslung load in Afghanistan.

Landing sites in Helmand province vary dramatically between purpose-built, football-pitch-sized tarmac areas, to dust bowls which create 200-foot-high (61m) dust clouds, and the pilots regularly carry out the final stages of approaches with minimal visibility.

There are landing sites in the Green Zone which are surrounded by trees, and others on the pinnacles of mountains, resulting in few hovering references for the handling pilots whilst operating at the limits of the aircraft's performance.

  • Organization: ARMY
  • Object Name: AMOCCCT-2012-114-023
  • Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Aircraft, Helicopters, Merlin, Operations, Theatres, Afghanistan, People, Army
  • Keywords: Merlin, Cargo, Underslung, Camp, Bastion, Load, Master, Royal Air Force, RAF, Equipment, Helicopter, HC3, Soldiers, Army, Watching
  • Country: Afghanistan
Date Taken on 14 August 2012, 19:21:12
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Author Sergeant Andy Reddy RLC
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