It comes days after one was seen above Derbyshire
A pair of Chinook helicopters have been spotted flying above part of Nottinghamshire. The aircraft were seen over the outskirts of Mansfield and Ravenshead at around 4pm on Thursday, August 24.
It comes on the same day Exercise Chameleon was due to begin. The Ministry of Defence said military aircraft would be visible over many counties including Nottinghamshire between August 24 and September 16. According to Special Operations Forces News, Exercise Chameleon is a bi-annual Special Force exercise, involving members of the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service, together with other essential special forces ground units who support them.Days earlier, a Chinook was spotted flying over part of Derbyshire. A video of the aircraft was captured over Spondon on Tuesday.
An RAF spokesman said the Chinook was on the way home to Odiham in Hampshire post training in North Wales. He added: "RAF Chinooks completed routine operational day and night mountain flying training in North Wales last night before transiting through the Midlands on their way home to base."
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