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Two CH-47 Chinooks insert soldiers from D Company of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, and officers from the Afghan National Police into Helmand Province, Nov. 16, 2010. British soldiers and Afghan police mounted an air insertion operation to re-establishing government control in an area of Helmand province previously under heavy Taliban influence.

AIR INSERTION

Two CH-47 Chinooks insert soldiers from D Company of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, and officers from the Afghan National Police into Helmand Province, Nov. 16, 2010. British soldiers and Afghan police mounted an air insertion operation to re-establishing government control in an area of Helmand province previously under heavy Taliban influence.

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