EX PINION OMAN 21 – A GSF COMMANDER’S VIEW As I write this article, 653 Squadron is currently halfway into its deployment on Ex PINION OMAN 21. I am 2Lt Rooke and I am the GSF Commander within 653 Squadron. […]
With 3 Regt due to get the new E model Apache the engineers have had to get to grips with a new aircraft and after completing an equipment conversion course at Ft Eustice in the USA (and various courses at […]
In December 662 Sqn’s Ground Support Flight deployed on Ex OLETHRION CLAYMORE, their annual Basic Close Combat Skills exercise on STANTA. The exercise covered basic soldiering skills before advancing onto FOB occupation and HLS RECCE, culminating in the rescue of […]
‘Blue skies in Brecon!’ The Exercise PremiseIn November 2020, soldiers from 4 Regiment AAC’s Headquarter Squadron and the REME Workshop Vehicle Platoon deployed to SENTA on Ex BELLATOR STALLION. This was a Battlecraft Syllabus and Live Firing Tactical Training package […]
3 Platoon Since the last edition of The Eagle was published, 3 Platoon has jumped into our new task with vim and vigour! We have taken delivery of not one, but two pairs of AH-64E Apache “Guardian” attack helicopters. Those […]
In early October 653 Sqn AAC deployed to Otterburn Camp to conduct Electronic Warfare (EW) training against simulated threats provided by RAF Spadeadam. The exercise provided both logistical and operational challenges as all Squadron members battled the elements and the […]