AMBERLEY aircrews have taken part in successful tests to airdrop stores on overseas exercises.
The Spartan aircraft personnel from 35 Squadron used the recently adopted Heliboxes on Exercise Croix Du Sud in New Caledonia.
“The airdrop procedure and Helibox design is a new capability to the Spartan that the Air Force and specifically 35 Squadron has developed to support high availability disaster recovery (HADR) responses,” Flight Lieutenant Peter Wuttke

“The capability of the Helibox enables us to pick a location,