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The British Army has deployed two Westland/Boeing WAH-64D Apache AH.1 attack helicopters aboard the Royal Navy (RN) helicopter assault ship HMS Ocean for maritime aviation training, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 24 September.
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