No. 904 Expeditionary Air Wing
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Latin for 'Help from the air') |
No. 904 Expeditionary Air Wing was a wing of the
No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group
.
History
In the
Netherlands East Indies in the aftermath of the war, commanded by David Lee.[1] Two of its Thunderbolt squadrons were replaced by a Douglas Dakota
squadron and aircraft of the wing took part in the repatriation of Allied prisoners of the war and internees. Following completion of that task the wing was disbanded on 30 November 1946.
The wing was based at Kandahar Airfield and had a:[2]
- British Aerospace 146 detachment.[3]
- General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper detachment.[2]
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules detachment.[4][5]
- Panavia Tornado GR4 detachment.[6]
References
- ^ Air Chief Marshal Sir David Lee, Wings in the Sun, author's biography, and Obituary: Air Chief Marshal Sir David Lee Daily Telegraph, 19 February 2004.
- ^ a b "904 Expeditionary Air Wing". RAF. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "83 EAG Ops Update 22 Feb 2014". RAF. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "904 EAW Hercules Detachment". Royal Air Force (RAF). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "RAF Hercules Detachment Leaves Afghanistan". RAF. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "RAF Tornados leave Afghanistan for the last time". MoD. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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