, The Australian Chinook detachment has achieved a major milestone, racking up 1000 operational flying hours on combat operations over Afghanistan.
The group, which has operated out of Kandahar Airfield in the south for nearly a year, has achieved results out of proportion to its size.
Chinook detachment commander Lt-Col Mick Prictor said the 1000-hour mark was cracked in January during a combined Australian-US aviation operation to support a relief in place for a Romanian battalion.
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