847 Naval Air Squadron Off to Afghanistan – part of the Commando Air Wing, equipped with six LYNX AH.9 helicopters will deploy to Afghanistan in January 2013.    The Squadron is currently at the US Naval Air Facility at El Centro (California) for the final stages of their pre-deployment training.    The will be the third deployment of the squadron in the last four years to Afghanistan, where the role of the will be much the same as when supporting of 3 Commando Brigade RM, ie: reconnaissance and direction of supporting arms,    The squadron is manned by and Royal Marine aircrew, though the airframes belong to the Army Air Corps.