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Royal Irish Regiment air assault

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Merlin and Chinook helicopters deploy on Operation Tora Zhemay (Courageous Winter) VI in Zaborabad in Helmand province at the end of February. The 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) Battle Group mounted the largest air assault operation in the history of the regiment since 1945, when soldiers from the regiment landed on the east bank of the Rhine during World War II. [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]

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