RAF Operations

Question 1

Operation Trenton

Answer 1

The UK’s contributions to the UNMISS
Civil wars after independence from Sudan
Climate change causing floods
Over 300 military personnel committed to it
4 years
Resulted in 2 hospitals built
Upgrades to public infrastructure
RAF Contribution: Medical support: doctors, nurses, etc
Engineers built the hospitals

Question 2

Operation AZOTIZE

Answer 2

March 2023
RAF pilots policing NATO’s eastern border
RAF pilots flying missions alongside the German air force - During which the first ever air join air intercept between NATO allies took place

Question 3

Operation BILOXI

Answer 3

March 2022
RAF deployed to Romania to cover the southern portion of NATO’s East border
24/7 cover of the region’s airspace - including multinational tank exercise involving 250 armoured vehicles

Question 4

Operation Turus

Answer 4

2014 during the Boko Haram insurgency, in response to 200+ Chibok schoolgirl’s kidnapping
Located the schoolgirls using Sentinel R1 surveillance aircraft from No. 5 Sqn
350+ troops deployed to train and support Nigerian armed forces to help it counter extremists

Question 5

Operation Shader

Answer 5

2014
Iraq & Syria operating from RAF Akitori
Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq
RAF providing humanitarian aid airdrops, reconnaissance & airstrikes
£230M of aid, 1700 airstrikes using Tornados, typhoon, reapers. Overall cost of £1.75Bn
Most intense flying mission undertaken in 25 years

Question 6

Operation KIPION

Answer 6

UK naval and air presence in the Persian Gulf

Question 7

Operation NEWCOMBE

Answer 7

UK support to French Operation Serval in Mal. Op expanded in 2018 with the arrival of 3 chinooks

Question 8

Operation RESCRIPT & BROADSHIRE

Answer 8

Military support during the Covid-19 Pandemic