Drill between VAT 69 and US Army delights crowd


Xxxxxxxxxxx: The military helicopter which is used by the country’s elite police unit, the 69 Komando, training with the US Army along Penang waters. Pix by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star/ 1 March 2017

GEORGE TOWN: The public has been attracted to the ongoing military exercise between Malay­sia’s paramilitary police unit, 69 Komando, and the US Army near the Penang Bridge.

A massive twin-engine tandem rotor military helicopter, believed to be a Boeing Chinook, has been flying low near the bridge to the surprise of motorists as the pilot put it through a set of daring manoeuvres, including flying low enough for soldiers in full battle gear to dive into the sea.

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