HEADQUARTERS STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM ITEMS (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HEADQUARTERS STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM ITEMS (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFE 391
  • Other titles: RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Individual news items produced by the Mobile News Team (MNT) at RAF Strike Command, covering a wide range of RAF activities.
  • Description: I. Report from Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, where the Royal AIr Force has been tasked with making the airport airworthy again. Interview with Group Captain Steve Abbot in temporary operations room. Other nations in assistance: French troops guard the airport perimeter, and Norwegian soldiers assist with air movements. Giant crater on the airfield apron. Warrant Officer Bob Lockwood, SWO (Station Warrant Officer) for Kabul APOD, talks about the poor condition of the airport when the RAF arrived. Basic catering: boil-in the-bag compo rations. General views of airfield. [Presented by Squadron Leader Jean Sanderson for MNT] II. Mount Pleasant International Airport, Falkland Islands, the home of Headquarters British Forces Falkland Islands (HQBFFI). Group Captain Mike Barnes (Chief of Staff and Air Commander HQBFFI) discusses the role of HQBFFI, in particular that of the RAF (Tornado F3, VC10, Hercules, Sea King, Chinook). RAF Mount Alice, a remote radar station. Community support for the three forces: interview with Squadron Leader Jeff Harker (OC PSS HQBFFI) about the good facilities available. Christmas messages are shot on video and posted to a secure page on the RAF's website: Sergeant Adrian Tinsley talks about this. Scenes in the Museum at Stanley, where there is a section about the 1982 Argentinean invasion. Memorial on seafront 1914 Battle Day Parade. [Presented by Information Officer Barry Shaw for RAF Corporate Communications] III. RAF Donna Nook bombing range, Lincolnshire: Flight Sergeant Ernie Whittaker describes how the range has up to 1,000 seals on the beach during season. Roger Wood, Range Foreman, talks about the problems caused by this: shots of seals being moved out of the way (in slings) prior to exercises. Interview with Julie Holdershaw at the Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary, seen with some of the orphan seals which the RAF have rescued. [Presented by Acting Pilot Officer Peter Darling, 7644 Squadron RAuxAF, for MNT] IV. Exercise Grand Prix, Kenya: Hercules aircraft deliver artillery and troops for training at remote Kenyan ranges. Wing Commander Simon Footer (OC 70 Squadron RAF) discusses the advantages of Kenya for training. Hercules in action: Lieutenant-Colonel Nick Davies (CO 1 Para) talks about paradrops in Kenya, and Flight Lieutenant Mark Nash, Hercules pilot, describes the challenges caused by the high altitude (3,500 feet above sea level). Replacing a burst tyre an remote airstrip. [Presented by Information Officer Ed Marshall for MNT] V. Harrier operations of 3 Squadron RAF in Bardufoss, Norway, during Exercise Snow Falcon. Interview with Squadron Leader Nige Ingle (Detachment Commander). Maintenance: inteview with Senior Aircraftman Paul Holmes, AIrcraft Technician. The advantages of Norway as a proving ground and as a realistic training environment: Flight Lieutenant Stuart Jerrall attests to this. [Presented by Wing Commander Steve Dargan, 7644 Squadron RAuxAF, for MNT] VI. Exercise Snow Train, Norway: Chinook wings undergo winter training at the small civilian airport of Fagernes. Squadron Leader wes Wilson discusses the benefits of training at Fagernes. Illustration of some of the problems faces by Chinooks in snowbound environments: "Snow cloud" thrown up by the helicopter's twin rotors, and mountain flying. [Flying Officer Dylan Eckland, 7644 Squadron RAuxAF, for MNT] VII. The augmentation of the Hercules fleet with the addition of the new Hercules C130J aircraft: Group Captain Ray Lock, Station Commander at RAF Lyneham, describes the capabilities of the new aircraft. Wing Commander Ian Shields OC 47 Squadron (Special Forces Flight) and Air Marshal Brian Burridge (Deputy Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command) are also interviewed. [Presented by Squadron Leader Howard Leader 7644 Squadron for MNT] VIII. The Royal Visit of HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh to RAF Honington, to visit Honington and Marham personnel's families) interviews with Group Captain Graham Stacey (Station Commander) and with some of the wives and children who took part. [Mike Drewett for MNT]
  • Alternative Title: RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFE 391
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFE 391)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 2000-10-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force, Strike Command Media Ops Corporate Communications (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force, Strike Command Media Services (Video) (Production company) Royal Air Force, Strike Command Mobile News Team (Production company) Sanderson, Jean (Production cast) Shaw, Barry (Production cast) Darling, Peter (Production cast) Marshall, Ed (Information Officer) (Production cast) Dargan, Steve (Production cast) Leader, Howard (Production cast) Drewett, Mike (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: 30
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