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Royal Air Force News Friday, April 5, 2019 P3

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Bodyguard creator Jed
Mercurio on his early
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New OC for Atlas sqn

and Toral in Syria, Iraq and
A UNIT that has spearheaded Afghanistan.
humanitarian relief operations Incoming OC Wing
across the world has a new boss. Commander Lee Roberts said: “I
Brize-Norton based 70 (LXX) have been in the RAF for 21 years
Squadron, which flies the latest and I am really happy to be joining
addition to the RAF’s Air Mobility LXX Squadron.
fleet – the A400M Atlas – is to be
led by a new Officer Commanding. I am very excited
It comes after the historic “
RAF News outfit, originally formed in 1916, to get into the
Room 68 completed its latest mission to cockpit and get away
Lancaster Building bring 20 tonnes of lifesaving
HQ Air Command humanitarian aid to victims of with the crews ”
High Wycombe Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
Buckinghamshire Outgoing Wing Commander Ed
HP14 4UE Horne paid tribute to the personnel “The privilege of
who have conducted operations commanding nearly 250
Editor: Simon Williams from providing hurricane relief in people is very rewarding,
Email: editor@rafnews.co.uk the Caribbean to backing Coalition and I am looking forward
Tel: 01494 497412 efforts to combat Daesh and the to getting to know my
Taliban. MERCY MISSIONS: Atlas, above, has a new boss in Wg Cdr Lee Roberts, right personnel.
Sports Editor: Daniel Abrahams He said: “It’s been an interesting “I am very excited
Email: sports@rafnews.co.uk and exciting two years, we have that’s been able to contribute to container delivery to get into the
Tel: 01494 497563 been from Norway to New Zealand those type of operations and none systems. cockpit and get away
and everywhere in between. of that would be possible without It deployed on with the crews and
Features Editor: Tracey Allen “We have deployed an aircraft the fantastic people I have worked Operation Ruman use the A400M for
Email: tracey.allen@rafnews.co.uk to the Middle East and to the with.” in the Caribbean in what it is designed
Tel: 01494 497622 Falklands to take over from the He said since entering service 2017 after hurricanes for, the aircraft has
C130 Hercules, which was intended in 2014 the A400M has achieved Irma and Maria done some great
News Editor: Simon Mander for the A400M, and it has been remarkable capability milestones struck and is still things already and
great to be a part of that. including aeromedical evacuation, actively involved in will continue to do
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1943 1954
King announces Spitfire’s final 1975
Standards awards operational sorties Jaguar in Germany
To mark the RAF’s 25th anniversary,
HM The King announced his Operation Firedog, the last The first Jaguar arrived in RAF
intention to award a ceremonial operational sortie by a Spitfire was Germany at the start of the
flag, to be known as ‘The Standard’ flown when Spitfire PR19s of No 81 programme to re-equip four Extracts from The Royal Air Force
to 25 squadrons on the completion Squadron flew a number of photo- Phantom squadrons at RAF Day By Day by Air Cdre Graham
of 25 years’ unbroken service. reconnaissance missions. Bruggen. Pitchfork (Sutton Publishing).