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New National Component Commander takes charge of Chinook detachment in Mali RAF Press Release | March 12, 2021
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A new British National Component Commander has taken command of the RAF Chinook detachment serving in Mali in support of the French Counter Insurgency Operation.
Commander Colin Kiernan of the Royal Navy has taken over from Lieutenant Colonel Steve Brining of the Army Air Corps during a handover ceremony at Gao Airbase in Mali, West Africa.
Chinooks from 1310 flight on Op NEWCOMBE recently visited the Hombori Mountians.
UK personnel are deployed in non-combat roles on Op NEWCOMBE (CH47) to provide valuable logistical support to French colleagues deployed on Op BARKHANE to counter violent extremists. RAF Photo
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Chinooks from 1310 flight on Op NEWCOMBE recently visited the Hombori Mountains.
An RAF Chinook has delivered heavy equipment to extend French and Malian forces’ operational range as part of Op Barkhane, the French counter insurgency operation in the West African Sahel region.
The recent operation saw a Chinook of 1310 Flight lift a large Air-portable Fuel Container to a Forward Operating Base to enable ground and air recces to operate at a greater distance from Gao, the Royal Air Force said on 15 January.
This operation required several days of planning before personnel from the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron and the crewman of the CH-47 were able to successfully under sling the container and transport it the 25 nautical miles to the camp.
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A striking image showing ground crews battling the elements in front of a snow-covered Voyager aircraft is one of four winners in this year s RAF photographic competition.
Sgt Andy Holmes s photo, titled Ground Zero, was taken at RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands and was selected as the winner of the Operations and Exercises category.
The sergeant, who is stationed at RAF Benson in south Oxfordshire, also won the Current RAF Equipment category with the image titled Astra which shows a Typhoon aircraft pictured in front of a starry sky in the Falklands.
More than 900 images were submitted across four categories in the 2020 Royal Air Force Photographic Competition.
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