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New Commander-in-Chief of Air Command visits RAF personnel in Afghanistan |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
 Source: Ministry of Defence Air Chief Marshal Simon Bryant has met with Royal Air Force personnel during his first visit to Afghanistan as the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief Air (CINCAIR). |
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Stabilisation in Afghanistan: winning the population from the insurgent |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
Source: Ministry of Defence It is often said that in a counter-insurgency campaign 'the people are the prize' and it is this mantra that perhaps best describes the driving force behind the Military Stabilisation Support Group - or MSSG. Report by Tristan Kelly. |
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Sibling soldiers under fire on the front line |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
Source: Ministry of Defence Two brothers, serving side by side as soldiers in 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (2 PWRR), have been recalling some of the hairier moments of their recent deployment to Afghanistan. |
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All-woman team keeps helicopters flying in Afghanistan |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
Source: Ministry of Defence The airframes of the Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan), or JHF(A), are currently being kept airworthy thanks to a tri-Service group of five female officers. |
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Afghan flag raised over Sayedabad |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
Source: Ministry of Defence Members of the Afghan National Army have raised their country's flag above the town of Sayedabad, the focus of Operation TOR SHEZADA and once a safe haven for insurgents, but now under Afghan and ISAF control. |
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RAF paramedic undertakes fundraiser while in Afghanistan |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
Source: Ministry of Defence A paramedic serving on the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, is using his spare time to undertake 20,000 press-ups and sit-ups for charity. |
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'Flying Robot' pilot helps find IEDs in Helmand |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
Source: Ministry of Defence Lance Corporal Rob McInerney is currently working at the forefront of counter-IED operations in Afghanistan piloting the 'Flying Robot', which is part of the Talisman counter-IED system. |
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Scots Guards guide Afghan troops in clearance operation |
Operations in Afghanistan >>
UK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.
Source: Ministry of Defence Afghan security forces and their advisors from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards (1 SG) have, with the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Task Force, completed a clearance operation around Lashkar Gah in southern Helmand. |
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