Ops Update - Sep 2008

Hydraulic equipment is checked for serviceability

07 Sep 2008

101 Sqn Groundcrew fitting engine blankets

RAF Fire Fighters based at Bastion were activated as Incident Response Teams and had a hectic period

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14 Sep 2008

RAF Movements personnel working on equipment

At Basrah International Airport, operations have continued successfully with numerous passenger and cargo aircraft visiting

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21 Sep 2008

Ground equipment is put though its paces

RAF Medical personnel were called up as part of an Incident Response Team (IRT) on the RAF Merlin, responding to the tragic US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash

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28 Sep 2008

Troops arriving in the Middle East

The RAF Fire and Rescue Incident Response Team (IRT) were heavily committed, during September, to a number of incidents during which lives were saved

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