The final tour of duty in Afghanistan of the Commando Helicopter Force fliers of 847 Naval Air Squadron (847 NAS) has ended yesterday, 22 May.

The Lynx helicopter crews, based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset, ended their fourth and final deployment to Afghanistan after a 4-month tour of duty working out of Camp Bastion as the ‘eyes in the skies’ for ground forces and RAF Chinook and Merlin helicopters.

847 NAS deployed to Afghanistan in January after a 2-year break from deployments to the country, this time flying Army Air Corps wheeled Lynx Mk9As.

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