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Jun 8, 2010

HELICOPTERO BRITÁNICO, ÚLTIMO SUPERVIVIENTE DE MALVINAS, VUELVE DE AFGANISTAN/ RAF's Bravo November returns from Afghanistan


Tras treinta años de servicio, el Chinook ZA718 veterano de la Guerra de Malvinas conocido como Bravo November, ha regreado de Afganistán. Es el último superviviente de la operación Corporate. Era transportado en el MV Atlantic Conveyor y fue trasladado el HMS Hermes, antes de su hundimiento.
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Almost thirty years since it entered service, veteran of the Falklands campaign, the RAF's ZA718 Chinook helicopter, or 'Bravo November' as it is better known, has just returned from service in Afghanistan.
The original aircraft, a Mk1 (HC1), came into service in 1982 and was the sole survivor of Operation Corporate. Three other Chinooks were shipped down to the Falkland Islands but were lost when the MV Atlantic Conveyor was sunk by Argentine Exocet missiles on 25 May 1982.
Bravo November was airborne from the Atlantic Conveyor on an air test at the time and therefore diverted to land on HMS Hermes.
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