Thursday 18 April 2013 - RAF Shawbury

Four French Army Air Corps - ALAT - helicopters including Puma 1093/DCG visited RAF Shawbury
on a familiarisation flight around the UK as part on the ongoing development of interoperability
between the UK and French armed forces     

Also dropping in for fuel was Gazelle 3546/GJF....

.... Gazelle 3947/GAS

.... and Gazelle 4189/GCN all belonging to the 3rd Combat Helicopter Regiment and operating
out of Middle Wallop in Hampshire Photos: Mark Presswood

Friday 23 October 2009 - RAF Shawbury

The Royal Navy celebrated 100 years of aviation with a flypast

over HMS Illustrious at Liverpool on Friday 23 October 2009 -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8322330.stm

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The aircraft/helicopters that took part in the flypast assembled

at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire including Agusta Westland Merlin

ZH841 "(5)82" named "Bors" of 824 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton

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Westland Lynx HAS.3S XZ250 "631" of 702 NAS which wears

the scheme of the "Black Cats" display team

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Westland Sea King HAS6 XV648 "CU/818" of 771 NAS wearing

"40 Years Of Sea King Operations 1969-2009" colours
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Westland Sea King HC.4 ZD627 "WO" of 848 NAS
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Westland Sea King HU.5 ZA167 "22" of 771 NAS in "Rescue" colours
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Bell 412EP Griffin HT.1 ZJ707 "O" of the Defence Helicopter FS
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Westland Sea King HC.4 ZF116 "WP" of 848 NAS
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Westland Sea King ASAC.7 ZE418 "186" of 849 NAS
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Photos: Chris Armstrong