一架英国空军“灰背隼”HC3 直升机在“沙漠旋风-2010”演习中飞越约旦沙漠机场跑道，这是“灰背隼”首次在中东沙漠环境下训练，为部署阿富汗做准备。（A Royal Air Force Merlin helicopter soars over Jordan during Exercise Desert Vortex. 250 Royal Air Force personnel from RAF Odiham and RAF Benson undertook a training exercise in the Middle Eastern country. It was the first time that 6 Chinook and 3 Merlin helicopters had trained together in a desert environment, as their crews prepared for deployment to Afghanistan.）