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In the dark foreground lies a heap of netting and red straps, and a bare hill rises behind her against a fading blue sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery Merlin landing or load lift in the desert put the people on the ground right in the downwash, whether they were troops waiting to board or the teams who hooked loads onto the hovering \u003ca title=\"RAF Helicopter Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/raf-helicopter-photo-prints\"\u003ehelicopter\u003c\/a\u003e. The Merlin’s size and power made that downwash especially fierce. Exercise Merlin Vortex gave aircrew and ground teams together the chance to rehearse in conditions close to Helmand’s before the force deployed there at the end of 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for 78 Squadron and RAF veterans, Merlin aircrew and ground crew, and anyone with a connection to RAF Benson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: 2009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: SAC James Stier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Crown copyright 2009 - UK MOD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLicensed under the \u003ca title=\"Open Government Licence\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/doc\/open-government-licence\/version\/3\/\"\u003eOpen Government Licence (OGV3)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hampshire Prints","offers":[{"title":"6 x 4 \/ No Frame \/ 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