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RAF Hercules rescue oil workers from Libyan desert

Posted: 26 Feb 2011, 18:22
by CelticWarrior
The story from the BBC

Re: RAF Hercules rescue oil workers from Libyan desert

Posted: 26 Feb 2011, 21:06
by hgschnell
2 German C-160 Transall were involved too ...

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0 ... 49,00.html

Re: RAF Hercules rescue oil workers from Libyan desert

Posted: 26 Feb 2011, 22:45
by CelticWarrior
I didn't know that Guenther, that explains a little more of the story. Typical of the British press not to mention that

Re: RAF Hercules rescue oil workers from Libyan desert

Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 06:51
by hgschnell
a Canadian plane was also active:

http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/gaddafi240.html

Re: RAF Hercules rescue oil workers from Libyan desert

Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 08:00
by Firebird
With that many aircraft there are we sure that this strip in the desert wasn't actually an airport?

Re: RAF Hercules rescue oil workers from Libyan desert

Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 08:22
by hgschnell
I suppose, it were 3 different missions ...

the C-160 went to Jakharrah Airport, I have no info about the C-130 targets

Re: RAF Hercules rescue oil workers from Libyan desert

Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 15:22
by Cianofranc
Afcad file of Jakharrah airport.
ICAO: HLNR.
(in stock fs2004 airport its name is Nafuraf 1).
VOR frequency is fictional.
Luciano