Australian Chinooks 1000 Hours of Combat Air Time

, The Australian Chinook detachment has achieved a major milestone, racking up 1000 operational flying hours on combat operations over Afghanistan. 
 
The group, which has operated out of Kandahar Airfield in the south for nearly a year, has achieved results out of proportion to its size. 
 
Chinook detachment commander Lt-Col Mick Prictor said the 1000-hour mark was cracked in January during a combined Australian-US aviation operation to support a relief in place for a Romanian battalion.