CAS interview at following video link.
CAS calls for shake up in keynote speech | British Forces News
Sounds like someone in the media has mixed up ATLC Advanced Tactical Leadership Course in UAE for a deployment? Open Source has the dates as 11 Nov - 6 Dec 2012.
For the journalists that might have the wrong end of the stick.
ATLC - 2011
Arabian Aerospace - Building block missions cement RAF/UAE relations
ATLC - 2010
Arabian Aerospace - Fighters from six nations train in the UAE's skies
ATLC - 2009
Dubai 09: UAE hosts first mock dogfights for F-22, Typhoon, Rafale
ATLC - 2008
Advanced Tactical Leadership Course