David Ruffley - MP for Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Needham Market

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The Army Air Corps

I’m privileged to have in my area RAF Honington and RAF Wattisham. These are most famous for, in particular, the RAF regiment and the Army Air Corps at Wattisham.

Many of these serving men, women and their families, who live within the heart of our community, face special challenges in times of war.

These brave men and women from our locality have served with distinction in the Middle East and Bosnia. Many have also served and will be serving in Afghanistan.

They put themselves in harms way on behalf of us all. No praise is high enough for what they do in our name.

I felt a twinge of pride – in the cliché I felt proud to be British – when I saw the footage of an Apache Helicopter going into a den of jihadists in Afghanistan to rescue fallen Marine comrades. The two soldiers strapped onto the side of the Apache were very brave.

Wattisham is the home of Britain’s Apache force. The Army Air Corps pilots fly dangerous missions in the Apache fearlessly and it is an honour to have them in our part of Suffolk.

Posted in Armed Forces on 23 January 2007 by David Ruffley

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