Army exercise
Fresh from cold winter training in the Arctic Circle, the Wildcat helicopter, along with other armoured vehicles and equipment, is now being tested in the heat of Oman. The British Army recently demonstrated its expeditionary capabilities on Exercise Khanjar Oman 19. Members of 1st Royal Tank Regiment, part of 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade, and supporting units including 659 Squadron 1 Regiment Army Air Corps with its Wildcat helicopters, were deployed to the Ras Madrakah training area, for an armoured battlegroup training exercise. The men and women are getting to grips with the environment of Oman, testing the ability of their equipment to operate in different climates. The exercise is an important milestone in the Army’s Collective Training Transformation Programme, which seeks to provide more challenging environments in which to experiment and be tested. It also demonstrates the combat readiness and adaptability of a war-fighting battlegroup and its ability to respond quickly to crises around the world. The UK has a long-established defence relationship with Oman, and Ex Khanjar Oman follows hot on the heels of Ex SAIF SAREEA 3, which took place in the country late last year. It wa…
