I also recall when a Bell 412 from Air Log was doing the Cyrus/Lebanon Embassy thing....before it was rebranded by its owners and sent off to to Nigeria.
Crewed by civilians and somehow got the job done without any problems. I was to do the Ferry Flight but that got changed to where I picked it up on Accra then on to Lagos.
At times I do wonder how the RAF has managed following some turnover in staff.