A Lynx helicopter of 847 Naval Air Squadron lands on the snow covered deck of HMS Ocean during Exercise Cold Response, Northern Norway on 24th February 2010. 'Cold Response' was a NATO exercise hosted by the Norwegian armed forces. Nearly 2000 Royal Navy sailors, Royal Marines and soldiers took part with further support from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
ShyTorque wrote: Check out that Puma in the background; my old sqn too by the looks of it. I think that was a Tiger Meet year!
Did the non-Bristow Tigers look something like this?
AS330E HC1 Puma of 230 Squadron seen at Upper Heyford on 4th September 1990 wearing the RAF's special 'Tiger' paintwork
US Marine Corps pilot, Captain Bill Spicer, at the controls of a Royal Navy Wessex on board the commando carrier HMS Bulwark during a NATO training exercise (probably in the Mediterranean) in November 1969. Prior to being attached to No. 845 Squadron at Culdrose, Captain Spicer had previously flown operational sorties with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam