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CONFIDENTIAL

ANNEX F

Serial

Role

ROYAL AIR FORCE FRONT LINE

Aircraft/Missile

AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES (as at 1 April 1975)

No. of Sans 7 Sans_7

Deployment

Notes

1

Strike/Attack

a) Vulcan B2

[4]

STC

1 Group

NATO assigned.

b) Vulcan B2

c) Buccaneers ·

[2]

[13]

STC

NEAF Cyprus

1 Group

CENTO declared_7

d) Buccaneers

e) Phantom FGR2

[2]

[37

RAF Germany

RAF Germany

2

Air Defence

a) Lightnings

[3]

ST C

F - 1

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11 Group

1 Sqn of aircraft ear-

marked to SACLANT for

maritime duties.

Additional

squadron will be formed by

end 1975; to be assigned to

SACEUR.

NATO assigned.

NATO assigned; to be replaced

by 3 Sqns 7 Jaguars by

April 1976.

NATO assigned.

To be reduced

2 Sqns in numbers and

supplemented by _an_7