Title:OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 17) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 227
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes showing a US Air Force refuelling aircraft operating out of Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.
Description: START 00:00:00 On board a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker of 117th Air Refueling Wing; viewpoint is through hatch in the floor. Refuelling boom is lowered towards a Tornado aircraft below: a fuel line and basket is attached to its refuelling probe. Second Tornado in flight alongside. Tornado detaches and flies away.
08:46:15 Cockpit of Stratotanker showing aircrew and instrumentation; also night views out of cockpit window showing city (Riyadh ?) below. Aircraft lands on runway (still at night; taken through cockpit windows.
16:56:20 Tornado takes off at Prince Sultan Air Base. General views of maintenance area with airborne armaments on trolley: these include Paveway (?) and cluster bombs, a US Air Force MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb (also labelled "Mother of All Bombs", with messages to Saddam Hussein written on it), Sidewinder missiles, MOAB warhead with graffiti and "IYAAYAS" (If You Ain't Ammo, You Ain't S***) written on it.
20:26:00 RAF aircrew members relaxing in tent.
20:33:20 Tornado GR4 aircraft on apron; another aircraft takes off in the background. Pilot of camera aircraft waves.
20.55.10 Air-to-air footage of Tornado GR4, plus cockpit shots, including shots of refuelling basket during a refuelling from an RAF VC10 tanker. Second aircraft pulls alongside for refuelling. Further shots of refuelling, this time at twilight. Shot of navigational video screen with instrument display as the aircraft comes in to land.
32:47:00 Sunset over the desert taken from on board unidentified aircraft. Camera switches to night-vision/image intensifier mode; lights of city glow below. Further shot of navigational video screen as aircraft comes in to land.
END 35:08:22
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
