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(ii) Tactical
Transport
(iii) Short-Range Helicopters
(iv) Tankers
Operational Support
and Communications
i. Search and Rescue
→
Hercules (which also have a strategic
capability) in Strike Command and
NEAF; and And overs in Strike Command.
Pumas in Strike Command, Wessex in
Strike Command, RAF Germany and the
Far Fast (Singapore and Hong Kong):
and Whirlwinds in Cyprus to support
the United Nations' peace-keeping
force.
Victor Mark 18 and Mark 2s in
Strike Command.
Canberras, Argosies, Devons,
Pembrokes, Andovers, HS 125s and
Whirlwinds in Strike Command.
Whirlwinds in Strike Command and
NEAF; and Wessex in Strike Command.
29.
Details of the Royal Air Force's force strengths are given in
Annex
ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT
Major aircraft and equipment changes during 1975-76 are as
follows:
a. Jaguars
The
Deliveries to the Royal Air Force are continuing.
Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Lossiemouth will reach
full strength by the end of the year, by which time nearly
all the two-seater T Mark 2 trainers ordered will have been
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