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Soldiers from B Company, 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (3 MERCIAN), have finished their six-month deployment to Afghanistan, becoming the first members of Task Force Helmand to return home from Operation HERRICK 14.
The Commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF), General John Allen, visited British troops working in Task Force Helmand last week.
It is with sadness that the MOD must confirm the death of Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows).
The Royal Air Force’s E-3D Sentry AEW (Airborne Early Warning) aircraft is a key part of the UK contribution to NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, the mission to protect Libyan civilians from Colonel Gaddafi’s former regime.
Two members of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) have spent two full days making safe an IED factory found by British soldiers in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand province.
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) instructors are teaching members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) the fundamentals of identifying and countering improvised explosive devices on a new course at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province.
Burmese Python, Squadron Leader Eric Aldrovandi, 14 Squadron’s mascot, slid into retirement yesterday after a 25-year career with the Royal Air Force.
A brother and sister in the Royal Air Force have found themselves serving together for the first time, at Camp Bastion in Helmand province.
The Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) has helped their Afghan partners undertake an operation in an insurgent stronghold of Helmand that has resulted in a substantial weapons find and a number of insurgents being detained.
Royal Air Force Tornados in Libya have successfully destroyed part of a building being used by Gaddafi-regime forces to launch attacks on Misurata.
Pilots and aircrew from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) recently got to see their helicopters from an enemy perspective when they were allowed to target aircraft with Taliban weaponry.
On Saturday 9 April, 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines took command of Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan, officially marking the start of Operation HERRICK 14.