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By Mark Rourke 16th March 2017

… conducted at the Operational Conversion Unit [OCU] on the squadron that operates that type of aircraft and speciality.” … secondary missions – medical evacuation and maritime patrol – have recently assumed greater importance, especially … NATO, EU and UN missions and have recently added maritime patrol to their repertoire. Greece bought 12 C-130Hs from …

By David Billinge 2nd March 2017

… deployed on board destroyers and frigates as well as ice patrol ships and many of the Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. The … the Falklands campaign the Lynx flew a continuous ASW patrol around the Task Force, and on April 25, 1982, a Lynx … and into Kuwait. During the draw-down, 815 Naval Air Squadron operated a mix of Lynx HMA8s and Wildcat HMA2s. The …

16th March 2017

… from the 388th Fighter Wing’s 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron ‘Black Widows’ at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The … $2m. D: Dec 13 N: Indian Air Force/77 Squadron T: C-130J-30 Super Hercules Taxiing for a night mission at Thoise … The ensuing fire was put out and the ship continued its patrol before returning on schedule to King Faisal Naval Base …

9th March 2017

… when two pilots who flew this very machine, RCAF 11094, on patrol missions during the war will be in attendance: … the serial RCAF 11094, the Canso was delivered to No 162 Squadron at RAF Reykjavik, Iceland during December 1944. … of storage, during the mid-1960s it served with No 408 (P) Squadron, RCAF at Rockcliffe, Ontario, alongside the unit’s …

2nd March 2017

… and 33,000 flight hours as part of 120 ‘Desert Giants’ Squadron operating out of Nevatim air base. The Shachaf was used mainly for maritime patrol following the Palestine Liberation Organization’s 1975 …

By Rogier Westerhuis and Ian Carroll 16th March 2017

… as Rogier Westerhuis and Ian Carroll discover. 35 Squadron F-7BGI serial 2721 and two-seat FT-7BGI 2703. The … which later became 3 Squadron, formed on December 30, 1971, equipped with the DHC-3 Otter. From 1973 it flew … (medevac). They also conduct maritime surveillance and patrol roles and, fitted with four hardpoints, can carry …

By ROBERT F DORR 1st March 2017

… DETAILS HOW THE MARTIN P4M MERCATOR TURNED FROM MARITIME PATROL TO THE RISKY BUSINESS OF SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE Straight … and others interviewed for this article. After one patrol squadron employed Mercators briefly in their intended role as … ended in September 1950. ON ITS OWN Patrol Squadron 21 (VP-21) at Patuxent River, Maryland – ‘Pax’ to navy fliers – …

By CHRIS GOSS 31st March 2017

… set course for Seine Bay, west of Le Havre. However, on patrol over the beachhead was a Mosquito night-fighter of 410 Squadron RCAF, crewed by Flt Lt Walter ‘Dinny’ Dinsdale and … by an incredulous Mosquito crew. Mistels of KG (J) 30 at Prague-Ruzyne, February 20, 1945. In the foreground a …

By ANDREW THOMAS 1st March 2017

… AS ANDREW THOMAS OUTLINES Blenheim IVf L9394 of 248 Squadron at Dyce, early 1941. 111 SQUADRON RECORDS Plt Off E H ‘Sam’ McHardy of 248 Squadron … outfit took off eastwards on the 18th for an offensive patrol. Their objective was a point some 90 miles (144km) …

By Alan Warnes 16th March 2017

… detailing the aircraft and the fates of the AT-802 Border Patrol Aircraft (BPA) delivered previously. The last of the … six AT-802 BPAs are believed to be operated by 222 Squadron, while the Archangels are employed by 333 Squadron; both types based at Al Minhad. Surprisingly, the …

16th February 2017

… US NAVY P-8A 168761 ‘LN’ from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 ‘Pelicans’ joined in the mission to monitor the …

16th February 2017

… 140112. During its deployment, the RCAF’s 415 Long Range Patrol Squadron from 14 Wing Greenwood worked alongside the Royal … in the Southwest Approaches, using the callsign ‘Swordfish 30’. The visitors’ training included joint missions with one …

By JOSH LYMAN 23rd February 2017

… and used to hone crews ready for their first operational squadron. An accident in May 1943 put it out of action and … Bomber Raid’ singled out Cologne for the night of May 30/31, 1942. There were two other ‘Thousand’ operations, both … August. Eventually it was converted to Mk.10-MR maritime patrol status and was retired in September 1964. Put on …

16th February 2017

… issue). This was the fifth Mi-35M lost by the 35th Attack Squadron. On January 8, Su-25s from the 109th Squadron carried out several air strikes on arms and materiel … which destroyed a store of arms and explosives. A patrol of F-16s targeted a key terrorist of the so-called …

By Gordon Riley 1st March 2017

… It carries the exact markings it wore in service with 605 Squadron in the summer of 1940. Peter Vacher first set eyes … wrote the foreword to Peter Vacher’s book; he died on July 30, 2014 aged 94. Plt Off Alec Ingle flew R4118 just twice, … a dozen Hurricanes took off from Croydon at 14:11 hours to patrol Kenley and Biggin Hill at 20,000ft. A dogfight with a …