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2ND DRAFT

progressively withdrawn and attachments of Nimrod aircraft will

cease. 7

28. Royal Air Force General Purposes Forces, as currently deployed, are:

a.

Strike/Attack

b.

Reconnaissance

C. Offensive Support

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Vulcan B2s in Strike Command and

NEAF: Buccaneers in Strike Command

and RAF Germany; Phantom FGR 2s in

RAF Germany. (The latter are being

replaced by Jaguars in the coming

year and will then transfer to the

Air Defence role).

Vulcan SR28 in Strike Command;

Canberras in Strike Command and NEAF;

Phantom FGR28 in Strike Command and

RAF Germany.

Harriers in Strike Command and RAF

d.

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Air Defence

Germany: Jaguars in Strike Command.

Phantom FG1s and FGR2S in Strike

Command: Lightnings in Strike Command,

RAF Germany and NFAF; Bloodhound

surface-to-air missiles in RAF Germany

and NEAF; Royal Air Force Regiment

Tiger-Cat missiles in Strike Command

and Rapier missiles in RAF Germany;

low-level air defence gun squadrons

in Strike Command, RAF Germany and

NEAF: Shackletons for airborne early

warning in Strike Command.

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