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Magnum P.I & the missing 'tache! Win!
Friday, May 3, 2024 Edition No. 1583 £1.20
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80 Sqn return keeps F-35 at combat cutting edge Golf
Comeback in opener
● See page 25
Cycling
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NATO call for UK Chop-Guns
Crit blitz
● See page 27
Motorsport
Donington Dambusters
● See page 28
Staff Reporter
A FLEET of 16 battlefield helicopters has deployed to Eastern Europe to take part in the largest Nato exercise since the Cold War. Three RAF Chinooks joined nine Apaches and four Wildcats from the British Army to train alongside Nato allies in Finland and Estonia. Chinook crews will fly in troops and battlefield kit as Wildcat and Apache find and strike enemy ground targets. The exercise is part of the Steadfast Defender war drill involving 90,000 troops from all 32 members of the Alliance, including 20,000 from the UK.