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English: A Royal Air Force C-17 transport aircraft at an airbase in the Middle East, home to the RAF 901 Expeditionary Air Wing B Flight.

901 EAW B Flt provides a strategic Air transport Hub and Passenger Handling Facility to ensure the continuity of the 2nd Air Line Of Communication (ALOC), an integral part of the UK Strategic Airbridge in direct support of Operation HERRICK and Operation KIPION.

It is also plays a vital role in the transport of equipment on Operation SUNDERLAND, the sail-fly programme moving armoured vehicles into Theatre. In addition to operational traffic of C-17, C-130, BAE-146, charter aircraft, B Flt also supports a wide array of Coalition and exercise aircraft.

  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: AUAB-11-901EAW(B)-120-out-UNC-095
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Aircraft, Support, C17
  • Keywords: RAF, C-17, 901EAW, B Flt, Op Herrick, 99Sqn, Royal Air Force, Equipment, Aircraft, Transport, Globemaster, C-17A, C 17A, C17A
  • Country: Middle East
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Author Sergeant Ross Tilly RAF
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