APACHE helicopters have been spotted over Bolton this evening.
A video sent to The Bolton News capture them flying relatively low in the Moses Gate and Great Lever area.
Radar footage shows they were travelling back to Barton Airport.
Residents took to social media to share footage of the armed forces helicopters flying overhead.
(Pictures by Ian Wilkin)
Apparently they landed on Mount St Joseph's School fields.
The flights were a part of routine training exercise.
Erica Hardman, from Bolton sent me this video, she said 'I live on Westmorland Close, Great Lever. The helicopters landed on Mount St Joseph’s field" pic.twitter.com/FT3mvuVRVF
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More videos, from Campbell street, in Farnworth!
— Greater Manchester Media (@GMMediaYT) July 8, 2021
Credit: Nathan Hoult pic.twitter.com/lEFf09TzvT
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