Prince William's helicopter crew draws fire
                   
usatoday.com     27-Jul-2008            

Prince William was the lookout on the Lynx helicopter deployed to track the boat as marksmen shot out the vessel's engine. LONDON (AP) — Prince William took part in a British navy helicopter raid that opened fire on a speedboat believed to be used by drug runners, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday. It was the second time that the prince — known in Britain's Royal Navy as Sub-Lieutenant Wales — helped his crew mates on the HMS Iron Duke go after suspected narcotics traffickers in the Caribbean as part of his program to gain experience in all the branches of the British armed forces. A military spokesman said the Iron Duke intercepted the speedboat on July 18 about 110 miles north of Venezuela's and Colombia's coastlines. William was the lookout on the Lynx helicopter deployed to track the boat as marksmen shot out the... [read full story]                    


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