page_title: Joint Helicopter Command
section_title: Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan)
hierarchical_section_title: Joint Helicopter Command / Role and operations / Former Deployments / Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan)
caption_attribution_description: English: An Apache Attack helicopter of the Army Air Corps in Afghanistan fires rockets. Designed to hunt and destroy tanks, the Apache attack helicopter significantly improved the Army's operational capability.The Apache attack helicopter can operate in all weathers, day or night and detect, classify and prioritise up to 256 potential targets in a matter of seconds. It carries a mix of weapons including rockets, Hellfire missiles and a 30mm chain gun, as well as a state of the art fully integrated defensive aid suite.In addition to the distinctive Longbow radar located above the rotor blades, this aircraft is equipped with a day TV system, thermal imaging sight and direct view optics.
context_page_description: Joint Helicopter Command is a tri-service organisation uniting battlefield military helicopters of the British Armed Forces for command and coordination purposes. Joint Helicopter Command reports directly to the Chief of the General Staff.
context_section_description: The JHC operation in Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick was named Joint Helicopter Force Afghanistan (JHF(A)).
  The following aircraft types served with JHF(A):
  AgustaWestland Apache AH1s.
  Boeing Chinook HC2s.
  Westland Lynx AH7, AH9 & AH9As.
  Westland Merlin HC3s.
  Westland Puma HC1s.
  Westland Sea King HC4+ from November 2007 & ASaC7s
caption: AgustaWestland Apache helicopter firing rockets in Afghanistan
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