Saudi Prince Fahd, Shamrakh-1 and attack helicopters

Abdulaziz, who also acts as Commander of Paratroopers and Special Forces, attended the closing ceremony of a joint Saudi-French military exercise in the French Alps, codenamed Shamrakh-1 (13-23/10/14). The following 401-word report sheds light on the exercise and tells what about Prince Fahd’s conversations with French officers, notably on what concerns the two-engine attack helicopters. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/44 – October 31, 2014)]