This is the Operation Herrick aerial order of battle, which lists any aerial or airfield protection units of the British armed forces that have taken part in the duration of Operation Herrick between 2002 and 2014.
Kandahar Force Protection Wing.
The Royal Air Force Regiment used a variety of vehicles including Pinzgauer Vector's, Vixen Land Rover's and WMIK Land Rover's to externally protect Kandahar Airfield and the Wing was controlled by a Wing Commander who was responsible for the safety of initially 12,000 personnel:
Aerial assets.
The initial helicopter complement was:3-5_3
The peak amount of helicopters was during January 2011 with:3-5_3
Mixed operators.
The Westland Lynx AH.7/9/9A was used in Afghanistan by both the Army Air Corps and the Fleet Air Arm. With the Army Air Corps (AAC) it was operated by both 1 and 9 Regiments and with the Fleet Air Arm it was only used by 847 Naval Air Squadron (NAS).
The first unit to use the Lynx AH.9A was 672 Squadron/9 Regiment AAC during Mid 2010.
The Lynx was also used by the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing of which 657 Squadron was part of. The squadron was deployed to Kandahar at least once during 2014 where one of its Lynx's was lost along with the entire crew.
In August 2004, the Ministry of Defence announced that 6 Royal Air Force British Aerospace Harrier GR.7 jets from No. 3 Squadron would deploy to Afghanistan, marking the first time RAF ground-attack jets have been deployed to the country with them fully arriving by September.
The Harrier detachment was replaced by the all-RAF Tornado detachment in June 2009.
Army Air Corps.
The Army Air Corps operated the AgustaWestland AH.1 Apache and the Westland Lynx AH.7/9/9A in Afghanistan.
The AgustaWestland AH.1 Apache was operated by 3, 4 and pre September 2007 9 Regiment
Royal Air Force.
The air component of British forces assigned to Operation Herrick was based at both Kandahar Airfield under 904 Expeditionary Air Wing (904 EAW) and Camp Bastion under 903 EAW.
Fixed wing
Rotary wing
Other units
Fleet Air Arm.
Elements of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm squadrons regularly rotated with each tour.
The ASaC7 version of the Westland Sea King has been in use in Afghanistan since May 2009.
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