Aero-Linx!

Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough, if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this is done on the Internet.

The ANN gang decided we probably shouldn't keep some of the neat sites, info resources, and organizations we've discovered to ourselves... so we decided to bring you Aero-Linx. These are the sites that WE check out -- when we need added perspective, a new spin on a day's topic... or just want to escape into cyber-aero-space for awhile.

Look for some of our favorite sites, coming each day to ANN via Aero-Linx. Suggestions for future Aero-Linx segments are always welcome, as well.

Aero Linx: Joint Helicopter Command

In 1999 the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF), alongside RAF support helicopters and the Army Air Corps, became part of the newly formed Joint Helicopter Command (JHC). Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) is a tri-service organisation uniting military helicopters of the British Armed Forces for command and coordination purposes. JHC units continue to belong to their parent service and maintain their respective single service ethos; however, they now come under the Operational Command of HQ Land, pooling their respective specialist capabilities in order to provide a formidable source of aviation assets to support ground operations. This concept was fully tested in March 2003 during the conflict in Iraq, when RAF Chinook aircraft supplemented 845 and 847 NAS in the largest amphibious assault since Suez.

FMI: http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/Operations/Enduring-Operations/UK/Joint-Helicopter-Command