Prince Harry Eager to Return to Afghanistan

Prince Harry said on Wednesday he is eager to be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time, nearly four years after he was engaged in a secret mission inside the country.
Prince Harry Eager to Return to Afghanistan
12/21/2011
Updated:
12/22/2011

Prince Harry said on Wednesday he is eager to be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time, nearly four years after he was engaged in a secret mission inside the country, The Sun newspaper in the U.K. reported.

“I can’t wait to get out there,” the 27-year-old prince told the tabloid. Harry said his previous mission was “tough” but said, “I’m looking forward to putting it into practice.”

Harry recently completed Apache helicopter pilot training in the United States. In 2007, he served as a battlefield air controller in Afghanistan but was sent home after the details of the mission were publicized.

A spokesperson for the royal family said specific details, including when and where he will be deployed, would not be released to the public, reported Sky News.

Harry, who is third in line to the throne, flew Apache helicopters at the Naval Air Facility in El Centro, Calif., near the U.S.- Mexico border.

His uncle, Prince Andrew, was involved in the British military, serving as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falkland Islands war with Argentina.