UK Army helicopters to help NHS airlift coronavirus patients

More than a dozen helicopters used for evacuating wounded troops in wartime are on standby to help NHS medics airlift #coronavirus patients in the UK and from the Channel Islands.

The #COVID-19 Aviation Task Force can be used to transport urgent equipment and personnel anywhere in the country.

It features aircraft from the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm and the Army Air Corps.

Sky’s Deborah Haynes meets the military personnel working with paramedics to operate these flying ambulances.

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