French military (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

It has taken awhile and the report is subject to official confirmation (not that it was a story given by officials of course):

Britain will send military helicopters to join a French campaign against Islamist extremists in Africa as London and Paris move to deepen cross-Channel defence ties, the Prime Minister is expected to announce later this week. RAF Chinooks have been offered to transport French troops in discussions...

Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018...paign-against/

There was a stand alone thread New boots, Chinooks please: French lessons for the US Army, which started in 2014 after Operation Serval in Mali and it has 34k views. It has now been merged into this thread.

[davidbfpo]

Update: officially announced it will be three Chinooks.