Having flown on deadly sorties during his
five-month deployment, British Royal Prince Harry has confirmed that he killed
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, taking them "out of the game",
much like other soldiers fighting with him.
The 28-year-old, known as Captain Wales in
the Army, is returning to the UK after his second deployment to the war-torn
country.
As a gunner in Apache attack helicopters,
Harry flew on scores of missions with his fingers on the triggers of deadly
rockets, missiles and a 30 mm cannon.
"Yeah, so lots of people have,"
he replied when asked if he killed from the cockpit.
"The squadron's been out here.
Everyone's fired a certain amount," he said.
Harry was involved with a number of
missions in southern Afghanistan, from supporting allied troops to accompanying
British Chinook and US Black Hawk helicopters on casualty evacuation (CASEVAC)
missions.
His work as a JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack
Controller)during his first tour of duty in 2007-08 saw him call in air strikes
on enemy positions, which he watched unfold on a monitor nicknamed "Kill
TV" with him in the hot seat.
"Take a life to save a life... That's
what we revolve around, I suppose. If there's people trying to do bad stuff to
our guys, then we'll take them out of the game, I suppose," he said.
Speaking to reporters while stationed at
Camp Bastion he admitted he had "let himself and his family down" by
his exploits in a Las Vegas hotel suite recently.
While Harry loves to muck in as "one
of the guys", his father, the Prince of Wales, is always reminding him of
his position, he said.
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