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3RD DRAFT

h

(ii) Tactical

Transport

(iii) Short-Range Helicopters

(iv) Tankers

Operational Support

and Communications

i. Search and Rescue

→

Hercules (which also have a strategic

capability) in Strike Command and

NEAF; and And overs in Strike Command.

Pumas in Strike Command, Wessex in

Strike Command, RAF Germany and the

Far Fast (Singapore and Hong Kong):

and Whirlwinds in Cyprus to support

the United Nations' peace-keeping

force.

Victor Mark 18 and Mark 2s in

Strike Command.

Canberras, Argosies, Devons,

Pembrokes, Andovers, HS 125s and

Whirlwinds in Strike Command.

Whirlwinds in Strike Command and

NEAF; and Wessex in Strike Command.

29.

Details of the Royal Air Force's force strengths are given in

Annex

ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT

Major aircraft and equipment changes during 1975-76 are as

follows:

a. Jaguars

The

Deliveries to the Royal Air Force are continuing.

Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Lossiemouth will reach

full strength by the end of the year, by which time nearly

all the two-seater T Mark 2 trainers ordered will have been

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