Prince Harry heads back to Afghanistan

11:39 AM, Sep 7, 2012   |    comments
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AFGHANISTAN (CBS) -- UK's Prince Harry returns to Afghanistan where he'll fly attack helicopters in the fight against the Taliban.

The 27-year-old Army captain, who spent 10 weeks on the front line in 2007/08, will be in the hot seat of a fearsome Apache during his four-month deployment.

Having arrived in the war-torn country in the early hours today under the cover of darkness, Harry spent his first morning at Camp Bastion checking over the state-of-the-art Army aircraft he has likened to a "robot".