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Old 6th Jun 2023, 23:28
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chopper2004
 
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Originally Posted by chevvron
They always put up a Puma out of Odiham (about 10 miles south of Burghfield) to 'shadow' these SST movements or alternatively keep one on 'standby' duty.
Whenever there was an 'exercise' deploying GLCMs out of Greenham Common, it seemed the Army Air Corps would cover the task.
Occasionally a SK (not the bright yellow ones!) would also carry out riding shotgun duties, as I found out during random chatter with a former RAF officer during a defence exhibition.

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