Aviation Task Force 1 Leave To Train Alongside NATO Allies on Exercise Steadfast Defender

IPSWICH, ENGLAND - APRIL 23: A pilot prepares an Apache helicopter as a fleet of more than a dozen Apache, Wildcat and Chinook helicopters assemble to take-off together from Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk for training in Finland and Estonia on Exercise Steadfast Defender 24. On their first NATO deployment, the new Apache variant will take part in Exercise Arrow in Finland, flying strike missions in support of large-scale Finnish Army training. All three helicopter types will be operating together in Estonia under the command of 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, the British Army's global response force, on April 23, 2024 in Ipswich, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)