File:Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 Prepares for a Sortie Over Afghanistan MOD 45153035.jpg

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English: A Tornado GR4 from 617 Squadron taxis priorto take off from Kandahar air base in Afghanistan for another mission in support of ground troops.

The squadron are part of 904 Expeditionary Air Wing based at Kandahar Air Wing, Afghanistan.

904 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) is the RAF headquarters element based at Kandahar airfield, which is a strategically vital location just ten miles from Afghanistan’s second city comprising of 1.2 million people. Kandahar is one of the world’s busiest airfields, with over 400 aircraft and a quarter of a million aircraft movements every year.

It is home to a diverse mix of nations operating a vast range of platforms including RAF Reaper Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS), helicopters, strategic and tactical lift such as the RAF C-130, civilian and contractor aircraft and a large number of fast jets including F16, Mirage 2000, FA-18, A-10 and the RAF Tornado GR4. These aircraft operate in harmony to provide critical support to the Land Forces and contribute to the ISAF mission to stabilise and develop Afghanistan.

904 EAW is commanded by a group captain.The Commanding Officer of 904 EAW acts as the senior British military officer for British Force Elements based at Kandahar Airfield, representing the United Kingdom and liaising with Command Kandahar Airfield (COMKAF). The commanding Officer ensures that British Service personnel, entitled British and embedded nations are provided with real life support in order to maintain Force Element operational capabilities.

  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: AUAB-11-KAF-096-out-UNC-651
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Aircraft, Offensive, Tornado, Operations, Theatres, Afghanistan
  • Keywords: Royal Air Force, RAF, Equipment, Aircraft, Jet, Fighter, Offensive, Tornado, GR4, Operation, Op, Herrick, Kandahar Air base, Afghanistan, Afganistan
  • Country: Afghanistan
Date Taken on 17 June 2011, 08:19:33
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Author Sergeant Ross Tilly RAF
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