No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing RAF
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No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing, RAF is based at RAF Wittering
, England
. It is made up of several ground transport and logistics handling squadrons, whose role is to establish air and sea ports of disemarkation and the associated supply chain all the way to the front line squadrons.
No 85 (EL) Wg, with an establishment of approximately 660 personnel, comprises four air combat service support units: No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron, No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron, No 3 Mobile Catering Squadron and the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS).
The wing played a major role in the RAF
deployment in the run-up to and during Operation Telic
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RAF Wittering
RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station within the unitary authority area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Although Stamford in Lincolnshire is the nearest town, the runways of RAF Wittering cross the boundary between Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is made up of several ground transport and logistics handling squadrons, whose role is to establish air and sea ports of disemarkation and the associated supply chain all the way to the front line squadrons.
No 85 (EL) Wg, with an establishment of approximately 660 personnel, comprises four air combat service support units: No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron, No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron, No 3 Mobile Catering Squadron and the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS).
The wing played a major role in the RAF
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
deployment in the run-up to and during Operation Telic
Operation Telic
Operation TELIC was the codename under which all British military operations in Iraq were conducted between the start of the Invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 and the withdrawal of the last remaining British forces on 22 May 2011...
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