An airman was killed in Afghanistan last night following an explosion, the Ministry of Defence pronounced today.
The airman, from 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, piece of the Kandahar Airfield Defence Force, had been receiving piece in a vehicle-mounted unit in an area north of Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar range when the blast happened last night. He died from his injuries. His family has been informed.
Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, orator for Task Force Helmand, pronounced the airman was on a mobile unit in an area about 4kms north of Kandahar airport when the blast happened.
The MoD pronounced the ultimate death, that takes the series of British use crew killed in the dispute to 264, was not related to Operation Moshtarak, the corner UK, US and Afghan attack on mutinous strongholds. But it comes as the bodies of dual soldiers who were killed during the operation are returned to Britain today. Lieutenant Douglas Dalzell, of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, and Lance Sergeant David Walker, of 1st Battalion Scots Guards, died last week.
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Lt Dalzell, from Hamstead Marshall, nearby Newbury, in Berkshire, died on Feb eighteen his 27th birthday from wounds perceived in an blast in the Babaji area in executive Helmand. He was portion with Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South). Lance Sergeant Walker, innate in Glasgow, was fatally bleeding on the same day whilst conducting a belligerent unit that was met with Taliban fire.
The 36-year-old was portion with Right Flank, Scots Guards, trustworthy to Combined Force Nad-e-Ali (North). As a territory commander, he had been personification a critical piece in Operation Moshtarak given Feb 3. He was obliged for autocratic and heading a 4 man glow team, enchanting and calming the internal race as well as defeating the insurgents.
The association had experienced substantial success given the commencement of the operation, the MoD said, adding that most of that success had been down to his unusual care and guidance.
