Spain is sending some of its Cougar and Chinook helicopters to Iraq and they will be transported first to Kuwait aboard amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I.
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The Spanish Army is reported to be sending five helicopters and the mission is scheduled for next month. It will be the farthest mission for the warship so far.