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Members of the United Kingdom's Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) remove the rigging from an Mk3 Merlin after an early morning operation to recover the aircraft from a forward operating base. The helo suffered a hard landing recently, and JHF(A) turned to U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 and its CH-53E Super Stallions for the lift because the Marines were the only squadron capable of reconfiguring its aircraft for a lift of this magnitude on extremely short notice.

MERLIN MORNIN'

Members of the United Kingdom's Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) remove the rigging from an Mk3 Merlin after an early morning operation to recover the aircraft from a forward operating base. The helo suffered a hard landing recently, and JHF(A) turned to U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 and its CH-53E Super Stallions for the lift because the Marines were the only squadron capable of reconfiguring its aircraft for a lift of this magnitude on extremely short notice.

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