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Old 18th Aug 2020, 16:51
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Just This Once...
 
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Or the Victor Force doing long-range MRR so the fleet could have surface picture under EMCON.
Or the Hercules Force providing airdrop to the fleet of both stores and troops (and very nearly a gutsy raid on the mainland).
Or the Nimrod R1 providing ELINT and COMINT.
Or the Nimrod MR2 proving surface and sub-surface capability, both for the fleet and providing a problem up and down the Argentinean mainland.
Or the Victor Force providing AAR for all the above.
Or the SH force sailing south only to loose all-but-one aircraft to an Exocet.
... and so it goes on.

The Maritime component was the indeed the 'supported command' but it would be unwise to forget the 'supporting commands'. Nor should we forget the inviduals who volunteered from the RAF to support the RN directly, often with the briefest conversion to type and/or role. Remarkable courage.
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