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Serial

Role

Air Defence (Contd)

CONFIDENT I AL

Aircraft/Missile No. of Sqns

Deployment

Notes

additional 2 Son 7 Phantom

FGR2 by 1 April 1976 OR

(depending on the outcome

of the UK AD Study) to

be replaced by 2 Sqns

Phantom FGR2 by 1 April 1976.

NATO assigned.

b) Lightnings

[2]

RAF Germany

c) Lightnings

[1]

NEAF

Cyprus

a) Phantom FG1

[1]

STC 11 Group

e) Phantom FGR 2

[2]

STC

11 Group

NATO earmarked; primary role

air defence of naval forces.

NATO assigned - see note

at 2(a) above.

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3

Reconnaissance

a) Canberra PR9

b) Canberra PR7

[1]

[1]

STC

-

NEAF

Malta

1 Group

NATO earmarked.

At present, the greater

proportion of these air-

craft are declared to CENTO:

the remainder are NATO

earmarked 7

G.

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