During his short stint in Afghanistan as a orward air controller, Prince Harry showed exemplary co-rdinating skills in launching jet attacks with the American orces, on the Taliban who were attacking Gurkhas on the utskirts of south Helmand town Garmsir.
London, Mar 24 : During his short stint in Afghanistan as a orward air controller, Prince Harry showed exemplary co-rdinating skills in launching jet attacks with the American orces, on the Taliban who were attacking Gurkhas on the utskirts of south Helmand town Garmsir.
In the capacity of Household Cavalry officer, Harry killed as any as 30 Taliban by bringing in three air strikes.
The American fighter pilots, who realised they were talking to he Prince only after he was evacuated from Afghanistan, praised im for his expert handling of air strikes. Senior officers at he Windsor-based regiment rated him as an excellent soldier ince he joined them from Sandhurst 18 months ago.
According to The Sun, they said the royal showed "extraordinarily igh skill" in coordinating jet attacks on Taliban positions.
In his very first task as a forward air controller, the 23-year-ld Army lieutenant ordered two F-15 Strike Eagles to take out an nemy trench line with 500lb bombs, said the paper.
"It was a standard troops-in-contact call and we checked in with im. His accent didn't give him away because we're used to orking with the British. But the item that did stand out at the ime was the extraordinarily high skill of the person oordinating the attack," the paper quoted USAF Captain Ben onberg, who led the pair of two-seater F15s, as saying.
The Captain added: "In fact everybody in that sortie, all four of s, once we got down, we all commented on the proficiency and the kill he was providing us."
Harry was evacuated four weeks early once news of his presence in fghanistan broke.
ANI