AFM welcomes its first brand new helicopter

The Armed Forces of Malta this afternoon welcomed an Augusta Bell twin-engined helicopter, the first helicopter to be bought new in the history of the Maltese service.

It is also the first helicopter to be delivered to the AFM since the 1980s.

The grey-painted helicopter flew in from Milan and landed at the AFM Air Wing base shortly after 6 p.m. Prior to landing it performed a low-level flypast escorted by a King Air patrol aircraft.

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