Aircraft of the UKs Special Forces flight perform an ALARP exercise on an MoD range at Pendine Sands, Wales. The Air Land Refuel Points (ALARP) can be located on improvised airfields or beaches and normally operate at night with the aid of Night Vision Goggles. The aircraft portrayed are a 47 Sqn Hercules refuelling a 7 Sqn Chinook and a 657 Sqn AAC Lynx. Special Forces personnel provide armed cover.
British infantry are airlifted during major patrols in Northern Ireland during the troubles. The troops are transported by Army Air Corps Lynx helicopters, with a Chinook dropping equipment in the distance.
Item Code : DHM0649
24 Air Mobile by John Wynne Hopkins. - Editions Available
Operation Barras, 10th September 2000 by David Rowlands.
Special Forces Lynx 657 Squadron Army Air Corps and Chinooks from 7 Squadron Royal Air Force in direct fire support to the United Kingdom Special Forces hostage rescue mission in Sierra Leone
Item Code : DHM1295
Operation Barras, 10th September 2000 by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
4 Regiment in the attack, Operation DESERT STORM, Iraq, 26th February 1991. by David Rowlands.
The painting shows the three Lynx and three Gazelles from 4 Regiment ordered to assist the Queens Royal Irish Hussars attack objective PLATINUM. Observing the left flank are two Gazelles, XX 395 commanded by Sgt Thompson and flown by Cpl Tween, and XZ 372 commanded by SSgt Daly, flown by Lt Tilley; with Lynx XZ 215, commanded by Capt Avery US Army and his pilot Sgt Isherwood, in support. In the foreground are Lynx XZ 199 commanded by Capt Morley and flown by SSgt Seymour, engaging Iraqi armour, and Lynx XZ 221, commanded by Sgt Maddison and flown by Cpl Long, engaging enemy MTLBs. The aircraft destroyed four enemy tanks and six enemy personnel carriers without loss. The attack was commanded by Major Eustace, from Gazelle XZ 338 flown by Sgt Church, and was the first ever use by the British Army of Lynx TOW missiled in combat.
Item Code : DHM1335
4 Regiment in the attack, Operation DESERT STORM, Iraq, 26th February 1991. by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
