Article: Charles presents service personnel with medals ; Royal Navy helicopter pilots, ground staff and Royal Marines who have served in Afghanistan received their campaign medals from the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

Royal Navy helicopter pilots, ground staff and Royal Marines who have served in Afghanistan received their campaign medals from the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

The servicemen and women from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF), based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, were presented with their military honours at Clarence House.

All three of the CHF's front-line squadrons - Sea King helicopters from 845 and 846 Naval Air Squadrons (NAS) and Lynx helicopters from 847 NAS - have been deployed in the Middle East country during recent years.

The servicemen and women provide aviation support essential to UK forces fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand province and Nato troops in surrounding ...

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