The British Armed Forces are conducting major training exercise in their preparation to secure the 2012 Olympic Games. Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Aircrafts are conducting their drills on skies of New Yorkshire.
Fast jets and helicopter pilots participates on this exercise codenamed Exercise taurus Mountain One. They will play a supporting role on the security measures for the Games that will be led by the police.
Wing Commander Paul Godfrey, officer-in-charge at RAF Coningsby, said: “We take great pride in the fact that we have a key role to play in providing airspace security for the Olympics.”
Military aircrafts trains alongside each other in order to hone their operations. Participating aircrafts include two GROB Tutor aircraft from RAF Leeming, Typhoon jets, Puma helicopters, Lynx helicopters, a Sea King SkASACD helicopter, and Sentry E-3D. Some of these aircraft had just retuned from combat operations in Libya.
source: yorkpress.co.uk
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