A fleet of nine British Army Apache attack helicopters has embarked on a mission to Finland to participate in Exercise Arrow, the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War. The Apaches will conduct strike missions in support of Finnish army training before proceeding to Estonia for Exercise Swift Response, where they will join forces with British Wildcat reconnaissance helicopters and Chinook support helicopters. The exercises aim to test and refine NATO’s plans for reinforcing European defenses against a ‘near-peer adversary’ and involve approximately 90,000 troops from all 32 alliance members, including 20,000 British personnel.