Title:OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 16) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 226
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes at Prince Sultan Air Base, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Description: START 00:10:05 View through cockpit window on aircraft (a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker) parked on the apron at Prince Sultan Air Base; several other Stratotankers can be seen parked nearby. Aircraft taxies and waits in line behind an F16 Fighting Falcon. Aircraft takes off. Aerial views of large Coalition camp below. Aircrew carry out their duties in cockpit.
09:24:05 View through hatch in the floor showing the refuelling boom: Tornado (F3 ?) aircraft flies below and a fuel line and basket is attached to its refuelling probe. Aircraft disengages and comes in for a second run. Close up of cockpit. Aircraft disengages for a second time but comes back. More Tornados approach, in turn, and refuel. Aerial shots of the Saudi Arabian desert, including a centre pivot irrigation circle, is followed by further Tornado refuelling.
END 43:24:08
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
