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CONFIDENTIAL

Serial

Role

Aircraft/Missile

No. of Sons 7

Deployment

Notes

Reconnaissance

(Contd)

c) Vulcan SR2

[1]

STC 1 Group

NATO earmarked.

d) Phantom FGR2

[1]

STC

38 Group

NATO earmarked for the

United Kingdom Mobile

Force 7.

NATO assigned.

e) Phantom FGR2

[1]

RAF Germany

4

Offensive

a) Harriers

[1]

STC

38 Group

NATO assigned for ACE

Support

b) Harriers

[3]

RAF Germany

c) Jaguars

[2]

STC

38 Group

Mobile Force.

NATO assigned.

NATO earmarked for the

United Kingdom Mobile Force 7.

LO

5

Airborne

a) Shackleton

[17

STC

11 Group

Early Warning

6

Long Range

a) Nimrod

[47

STC

18 Group

Maritime

Patrol

b) Nimrod

[1]

NEAF

<<

Malta 7

NATO earmarked to SACLANT.

over half these aircraft

are NATO earmarked: the

remainder are declared to

CENTO. 7

F - 3

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