Operation Highbrow
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Operation Highbrow was a British Ministry of Defence operation to evacuate civilians from Beirut as a result of the escalating 2006 Lebanon War. Initially, helicopters started ferrying the most vulner
HMS Bulwark is seen after disembarking 1,000 passengers in Cyprus
846 Naval Air Squadron
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846 Naval Air Squadron, sometimes referred to as 846 Squadron, is a Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy. The squadron represents one of the two primary AgustaWestland M
Operation Highbrow
…Cyprus, and then later onto waiting Royal Navy ships, which ferried them across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus. Similarly, six Sea King helicopters from No. 846 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Yeovilton, also deployed forward to Akrotiri to assist in the airbridge. They left on 18 July, with four stopovers for refuelling, and…
An 846 NAS Grumman Avenger from HMS Trumpeter in flight, 1944–45.
A Grumman Wildcat of 846 Squadron displaying invasion stripes
Westland Wessex HU.5, 846 Squadron
Westland Wessex HU.5 of 846 Squadron during a joint forces cold weather airlift exercise on 1 February 1981