Italia desplegará tres AgustaWestland AW101 a Afganistán en octubre. Los aparatos procederán de Escuadrón de Helicópteros número 1, con base en Luni. Los pilotos se han entrenado utilizando simuladores de la Royal Air Force con datos de Afganistán. Anteriormente la Marina Italiana desplegó Agusta-Bell AB212 y Sikorksy SH-3D Sea King a Afganistán, pero por el tipo de misiones a realizarm el AW101 es mas adecuado.
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Italy will deploy three of its AgustaWestland AW101 amphibious support helicopters to Afghanistan in October for a 12-month tour of duty. The "Task Group Shark" detachment will involve aircraft from the navy's 1st Helicopter Squadron at Luni, plus 55 personnel and an aeromedical evacuation team, assigned to the International Security Assistance Force's Regional Command West structure. Pilots are being prepared for operations by using an Afghan database on simulators for the UK Royal Air Force's AW101 Merlins in the UK.
The navy has previously deployed Agusta-Bell AB212s and Sikorksy SH-3D Sea Kings to Afghanistan, but the high terrain and medical evacuation mission demands mean a more capable aircraft is required.
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