U.S. Army Apache helicopters land in Germany for NATO mission

The U.S. Air Force announced that four U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters have arrived at Ramstein Air Base in Germany as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve.


Two large U.S. Air Force transport planes, C-5M Galaxies, carrying the helicopters reached Ramstein Air Base on Wednesday. The Apache helicopters from the 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment of Fort Bliss, Texas, arrived as part of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

"This operation epitomizes the jointness of our military and how we work together," U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Phillip S. Jolly said in a statement. "You have the world's greatest Air Force enabling the Army to do our mission, which is to assure security to our European allies and friends."
 [upi.com]
23/2/17