Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con):...Since the end of
the second world war, the RAF has been involved in many operations
that have been vital to the survival, stability and peace of many
nations and their peoples throughout the world. From the Berlin
airlift in 1948-49, through the huge effort during the cold war, on
to the military support to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in
Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, assistance in the Belize and
Malaya conflicts, humanitarian work in...Request free trial
(Mid Scotland and
Fife) (Con):...Since the end of the second
world war, the RAF has been involved in many operations that have
been vital to the survival, stability and peace of many nations and
their peoples throughout the world. From the Berlin airlift in
1948-49, through the huge effort during the cold war, on to the
military support to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern
Ireland from 1969 to 2007, assistance in the Belize and Malaya
conflicts, humanitarian work in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
operations and logistics in the Falklands, Bosnia-Herzegovina and
Libya, relief flights in Kenya, military intervention in Sierra
Leone, Accra and Iraq, evacuation assistance from Beirut, and
humanitarian operations following the earthquake in Pakistan, the
RAF’s efforts are endless...
(West Scotland)
(Con):...Lossie is a central part of the
defence arrangements for the United Kingdom, and it is home to the
quick reaction alert units whose jobs it is to defend our airspace
from incursion, particularly from the Russians. It also plays a
part in our responsibility to our North Atlantic Treaty
Organization allies by being part of the Baltic air-policing effort
to deter operations from the Russian state. That work sits
alongside a host of other activities. Lossie provides planes and
men for operations in the Falkland Islands and operation shader in
the Middle East. It also hosts exercise joint warrior and a
mountain rescue team...
The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work
(Keith Brown):...I have been obliged to hitch
a lift with the RAF on three occasions, the first of which was in
1982, on returning from the Falkland Islands conflict, when we got
a lift back from Ascension Island to RAF Leuchars. As a shy, modest
and retiring marine, I remember not wanting to mention the fact
that the seats on the aircraft were all facing the wrong way, but
there were very good health and safety reasons for that...
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