HEADQUARTERS STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM ITEMS (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HEADQUARTERS STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM ITEMS (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFE 392
  • Other titles: RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Three edited news items by Strike Command's Mobile News Team shot in Italy, each presented and narrated by Flying Officer Susannah Streeter of 7644 (VR) Squadron on behalf of the Mobile News Team.
  • Description: I. Profile of the Mobile Meteorological Unit (MMU) based at Gioia del Colle Airbase in Italy, assisting Harrier flights over Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. Flight Lieutenant Bruce Sherratt, Meteorological Officer, discusses his role. The MMU now has "sponsored reserve status" under the Strategic Defence Review, the first unit to achieve this; Wing Commander Jim Squires (OC MMU) explains the significance of this. II. Item (very beginning missing) concerning RAF flights in and out of Gioia del Colle as part of Operation Deliberate Forge (air support for SFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina). Flight Lieutenant Ian Townsend, pilot (IV Squadron) discusses the use of TIALD. Harriers and support units. Interviews with Wing Commander Ron Powell (Detachment Commander, Gioia del Colle) and Flight Lieutenant Tony Reeves, Squadron Intelligence Officer. Facilities, including "Hotel Gioia". Interview with Chief Technician "Sid" Siddle of IV Squadron. III. Harrier shown landing at Gioia del Colle: its mission was masterminded at the Joint Air Operations Centre (JAOC) at Vicenza, northern Italy. Group Captain Wyn Evans CBFI (Commander British Forces, Italy) describes how there is to be a review of the mission after the Serbian elections. Shoulder patch on DATF Amendola personnel member (Dutch Belgian NATO contingent). RAF Lockheed Tristar tanker sortie from Ancona: interview with pilot, Squadron Leader Ray Walters of 216 Squadron. Squadron Leader Steve Lushington, Detachment Commander at Ancona, discusses the future of the Ancona deployment and the move of RAF Personnel from portacabins to purpose-built accommodation. Cut to Aviano air base, where an E3 Sentry aircraft is landing; 8 and 23 Squadrons are on rotation at this base. Discussion of problems and maintenance in the wake of defence cutbacks with Squadron Leader John Coffey (Detachment Commander at Aviano). It is mentioned that the Aviano missions are covert operations.
  • Alternative Title: RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFE 392
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFE 392)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 2000-11-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force, Strike Command Media Services (Video) (Production company) Streeter, Susannah (Flying Officer) (Production cast)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 90; Running time: 12 mins (ca)
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