By Guy Warner
Regulars
When the RAF handed over its last Merlin Mk3 to the Royal Navy in July 2015, it marked the end of fourteen-years service, ten spent on operational service. Guy Warner tells the story of the RAF’s Merlin.

The impressive and imposing Merlin.
(ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE MERLIN FORCE, RAF BENSON)
RAF’S MERLIN HELICOPTERS | OPERATIONS