Title:EXERCISE PURPLE STAR, USA, APRIL-MAY 1996 (TAPE 6) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 583
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY ON EXERCISES AND IN TRAINING [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Air Traffic Control and RAF Tactical Communications at Davis Airfield, near Camp Lejune, North Carolina.
Description: ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST
(The following data has been copied, without amendment, from Army Mobile News Team computer discs.)
Air traffic controllers at Davis Airfield near Camp Lajune, North Caroline
Tactical Communications Wing from RAF Brize Norton
Cpl Stu Burden (29) - Stoke on Trent and based at Brize Norton with TAC Comms Wing (TCW)
Turning on the generator for the comms
Doing radio checks on the HF net, not a lot of success
The first plane in to disgorge its load of troops and equipment
C130 takes off over the TCW tent
C130 landing - photographer stands up in middle distance as aircraft takes off
C130 take's off
Sgt Malcolm Sneddon (43) - TCW Brize Norton
Tactical Air Navigation (TACAW) beacon to guide C130's into land
Sgt Sneddon doing his air traffic controls at his tent next to Davis Airfield
Cutaways - VHF radio and Sgt Sneddon giving permission to take off
C130's take off
Household Cavalry (HCR) Scimitar motors around Davis Airfield having being flown in by C130's
C130 taxing on Davis
C130 take off
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY ON EXERCISES AND IN TRAINING [Allocated Series Title]
