British Army Wildcat Reconnaissance Helicopters (RH) operated by 659 Sqn, 1 Regiment Army Air Corps (AAC) have arrived at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania.
The 1,500-mile journey from Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset included a ‘handover in the sky’ with Attack Helicopter (AH) colleagues from 4AAC in the skies over Germany.
Upon arrival, 659 Sqn began the hand-over process from Aviation Task Force 1 (ATF-1) who had previously been operating the Apache Mk1 AH as part of Exercise SABRE STRIKE alongside NATO Forces.
The 1AAC Wildcat helicopters, crews and aviation support teams will maintain a UK battlefield helicopter presence in the region.
This deployment will support the enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups.
