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2ND DRAFT
progressively withdrawn and attachments of Nimrod aircraft will
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28. Royal Air Force General Purposes Forces, as currently deployed, are:
a.
Strike/Attack
b.
Reconnaissance
C. Offensive Support
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Vulcan B2s in Strike Command and
NEAF: Buccaneers in Strike Command
and RAF Germany; Phantom FGR 2s in
RAF Germany. (The latter are being
replaced by Jaguars in the coming
year and will then transfer to the
Air Defence role).
Vulcan SR28 in Strike Command;
Canberras in Strike Command and NEAF;
Phantom FGR28 in Strike Command and
RAF Germany.
Harriers in Strike Command and RAF
d.
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Air Defence
Germany: Jaguars in Strike Command.
Phantom FG1s and FGR2S in Strike
Command: Lightnings in Strike Command,
RAF Germany and NFAF; Bloodhound
surface-to-air missiles in RAF Germany
and NEAF; Royal Air Force Regiment
Tiger-Cat missiles in Strike Command
and Rapier missiles in RAF Germany;
low-level air defence gun squadrons
in Strike Command, RAF Germany and
NEAF: Shackletons for airborne early
warning in Strike Command.
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