Flashback, March 2008: CXX Squadron at Seeb
CXX Squadron was one of three flying Squadrons based at RAF Kinloss, including 201 Squadron (Guernsey’s Own) and 42 (Reserve) Squadron which were disbanded in 2011.
The British Campaign in Iraq 2003 – 2009
CXX Squadron was one of three flying Squadrons based at RAF Kinloss, including 201 Squadron (Guernsey’s Own) and 42 (Reserve) Squadron which were disbanded in 2011.
The J (Sidi Rezegh) Battery officially formed up on 4th April 1805 as The Troop Madras Horse Artillery, but the battery can trace its origins back to 1756 as the Madres Galloper Guns. In 1941, during one of Rommel’s 8th Afrika Korps Panzer advances, the battery were hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned, but the Germans were … Read more
Along with Ali al-Sistani and Ammar al-Hakim of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Muqtadar al Sadr is considered one of the most influential religious and political figures in the country, despite not holding any official title in the Iraqi government. He is the leader of a political party, the Sadrist Movement. On 18th February … Read more
• Find out more in Operation Telic: The British Campaign in Iraq 2003 – 2009 by Tim Ripley