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Serial

Role

Aircraft/Missile No. of Sans

Deployment

Notes

7

Strategic

Transport

a) Comet C4C

[1]

b) Britannia

[2]

STC

K

46 Group

c) Belfast

[1]

d) VC 10

[1]

8

Tactical

a) Hercules

[5]

STC

46 Group

These aircraft have a

Transport

(Medium Range)

b) Hercules

[1]

NEAF

strategic capability.

9

Tactical

a) Andover C1

[1]

STC

46 Group

The majority of these

Transport

(Short Range)

b) Wessex HC2

[17

STC

38 Group

aircraft are NATO earmarked

for the UK MF_7.

Some aircraft are earmarked

to NATO for the UK MF 7:

others NATO assigned for the

ACE Mobile Force.

c) Wessex HC2

d) Wessex HC2

[17

[27

RAF Germany

NATO earmarked.

Far East

Hong Kong and

Singapore

Includes contribution to

Five Power Defence arrange-

ment.

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