British Army Wildcat Reconnaissance Helicopters operated by 659 Sqn, 1 Regiment Army Air Corps began their 2-month deployment, arriving at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania. The 1,500-mile journey from Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset, took the four Wildcat Mk1 helicopters over some notable landmarks including the airfield and camp in Gutersloh, where 1 Army Air Corps had been stationed 1993-2016. During the transit across Europe, the 1 Army Air Corps Reconnaissance Helicopters conducted a ‘handover in the sky’ with their Attack Helicopter colleagues from 4 Army Air Corps in the skies over Germany prior to their arrival in Lithuania.

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